As far as I know no site, none can completly stop "pirated" content from being uploaded....
And again I am not defending the practice of allowing such content. I personaly think a BILLION dollars is streching it a bit. And I respectfuly disagree and think this could have an impact on all media, user and "produced" alike. Big Media wants to control what they have and TV, movies, video is still a huge part of it and how and when and who controls that is very important to them. but that's just me... Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First of all, remember the name.. YOUTUBE. remember the tagline... > BROADCAST YOURSELF. > Thats what their focus was supposed to be on. The User Generated Content. > > But they realized, or maybe knew all along, that a more lucrative goal would > be to become TV for the net. > And as the inevitable happened... pirated shows being uploaded, they were > fine with it and the loads of traffic it brought them. > It might not be the case now but at one point these pirated shows were > regularly featured on their front page. > > So.... if they really want to avoid the problem, they would need to do > things like curating/moderating (could be crowdsourced), banning users, > limiting upload sizes and relying more on webcam recordings etc... But they > dont want to only be the longtail king. They want that juicy torso content > be they want that MSM head too. Directors? MSM deals? > > Fact is, they got lucky but they also took advantage of the sudden boom of > this online video revolution and enjoyed the ride to being the top > trafficked video site. > > This has nothing to do with the open media revolution. This is the open > pirate video revolution. And it doesnt last forever. > > > On 13 Mar 2007 13:16:20 -0700, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That's not entirely true, YT itself is not uploading the clips, the > > users are. Now I understand it's a fine line and I am not defending > > the practice of copyrighted clips on YT. But they do remove clips once > > they have been notified, that is a fact. Now does it stop people from > > uploading clips? Of course not. That is why they (big media) is > > fighting so hard for DRM, which is another story for another day. YT > > may have it's fault but I have to say that they have been extremely > > proactive in trying to secure content and partner with studios. > > > > My guess is that they money Viacom wanted up front was so outragous the > > Google balked and now they are suing them. That is why I said it will > > only get worse. the sums that they are asking for effectly guarentees > > that companies like YT can not make a profit from advertising, because > > what they would have to charge in turn for said advertising no one > > could afford. > > > > The whole attitude of the RIAA and these media companies right now > > is, "OK, we realize that people are going to pirate our stuff so to > > make up for it, you need to give us X amount of dollars for the > > privlage of showing our stuff AND Y sum to make up for those nasty > > pirates". They are forceing these start ups to assume the risk, for > > their own failing.....it's silly.....but it will happen. And that will > > be bad for all of us. > > > > Look at how much you spend each month on re-occuring bills right now, > > that are not directly related to your living expenses... > > > > phone bill, cell bill, cable bill, a fee for this, a fee for > > that....think about it..... > > > > Heath > > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Bill Cammack" <BillCammack@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > That's absolutely right. There's no reason that YouTube should have > > > been able to get away with pirating everything under the sun and > > > essentially ignoring requests of the original content creators to > > > remove their materials from their site. It's the exact same >argument > > > that's been brought up here over and over about sites being able to > > > aggregate our content sans repercussion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sull > http://vlogdir.com (a project) > http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) > http://interdigitate.com (otherly) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
