http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8061979.stm

Apparently there has been a concerted attack on You Tube with 100's Porn being posted under popular teen star titles.
Also with Children's cartoon starters and labels.

One admitted participant claimed it was in revenge for You Tube taking off music. Misguided or what?
In reality the stopping of music is at the behest of the Big 5 Music companies.
In 2007 these corporation's got together and succeeded in changing the patent laws on intellectual property laws to increase the ban from 25 years to 70 years after the death of the artist and 90 years for Corporation.
They also started suing individuals for down loading as little as 6 song at $20,000 each song.

Interestingly the awards don't get passed on to the artists.

Fyi in 2006 Disney Corp bought the last remaining years of "Happy Birthday" they now have sole rights to the song for the next 87 years.
Given that they are one of the most aggressive litigants think about your next children's birthday party video...it will technically be breaking the law.
The US is forcing other countries (including others) to sync their laws in order to sue us.

As a baby boomer I miss the music of the 50's and 60's the contradiction is that most of these songs/artists aren't available on CD. Try and find Ronnie Dove, Crash Craddock, and Brenda Lee.(musically sus but they are memories).

The law extends to your DNA.

Free enterprise is one thing but this.....extortion.

What do you think.

IT's a matter of time before laws are borderless. It's just the nature of globalisation and an ever increasing use of the net for everything. It's doing the heads of the corporations in because they are struggling to control the use of their products.

As for YouTube, there is just SO MUCH wrong with it I don't even know where to begin. It's a business, and they're making a REAL effort to turn it into like the Disney Channel for the consumption of middle America.

I mentioned this in another thread, but what REALLY does my head in is that you can watch someone being shot to death in High Definition but you can't see female breasts.

Here's an example. Warning, disturbing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYT4cc9agk

Now, try and find a nipple. Bet you don't.

StG

Just turn to SBS if you need your fix of 'breasts', porn or perversion. I really don't know what you are complaining about.

The major problem with Youtube is that it's also too open for abuse through malicious troublemakers or offended busybodies flagging and effectively taking away content far too easily.
And of course, are too easily strong-armed and threatened by other companies on the premise that they're merely angry (one example being a video of a guy making fun of a rock band and having it taken down by the record company- while noting various AMVs using the same song were ignored).

In short, I would suggest three things.

1- Better, clearer rules on what copyrighted content may/may not be shown, so only clear cases of breaches would be followed- keeping in mind that people watch shows and listen to music FREE on TV and radio for the past few decades and as such should at least be as lenient.

2- require a much stronger protocol to remove videos than a handful of malicious troublemakers.

3- Simply accept the fact that kids shouldn't even be ON the net at all and stop trying to tone down to Prime-Time TV content. Seriously, what content would a kid POSSIBLY need to see on the net? They most likely aren't going to be researching anything very complicated that a trip to the library (which is also free) can't solve. They are arguably too young to use facebook and email responsibly either, with all the perverts and con-dealers contacting them.

Anyway, I think this guy has gone WAY overboard though.

Oh and Runner- I don't normally waste time responding to you as you always keep missing the point of every thread- but you've given me a good idea- I think I will start flagging videos of church sermons and pope speeches for removal from Youtube.
If you're upset, feel free to fire up the Christian Channel and get your sick fix of a guy reading biblical passages there- however, I think I won't bother flagging the crazy Jihad preachers, I don't see what harm it does!

I don't expect you to pick up the analogy, so I'll continue ignoring you as normal.

You're an idiot Runner. Totally missed the point.

StG
'You're an idiot Runner'
Coming from such an intellectual giant I doubt whether I will lose any sleep.