YouTube cuts 30,000 illegal clips
 

Something that might affect many of us, I suppose:

YouTube cuts 30,000 illegal clips

Video-sharing service YouTube has wiped nearly 30,000 files from its website after Japanese media companies said their copyright was being infringed.

The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers found 29,549 music video, movie and TV clips had been posted without permission.

YouTube was recently bought by search giant Google for $1.65bn (£883m).

Critics of the deal have warned that Google could face a barrage of lawsuits over copyrighted material on YouTube.

Distribution

Launched in February 2005, YouTube shows about 100 million clips per day.

YouTube mostly hosts homemade videos, but it also contains clips of copyrighted material.

A spokesman for the Japanese group said it was considering asking YouTube to introduce a preliminary screening process to stop illegal video files being placed on the site.

YouTube has recently signed distribution deals with media groups including Universal Music Group, Warner Music and CBS to offer short-form programming including news, music videos, sport and entertainment.

Lame.

Precisely.

So this is why I can't find anymore of those juicy booty videos... Oh well, at least I can say I was there.

Its not as though any of the copyrighted clips are likely substitues to actually buying whatever it may be. The quality of the clips are usually poor, and almost never in its entirety. Stupid.

One of the joys of the net is that free clips make me more likely to buy something. I can honestly say that if I were a businessman, I'd view millions of people watching an advert of mine, at no cost to me, as a good thing.

Superlame!

Blah. The only thing I ever use YouTube for is looking up clips of "copyrighted material". I use it for research. If they take all the copyrighted clips off there I won't use it. Fuck em.

greatest You Tube clips

UNDER THE TUSKEN SUN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4PY_lsw_k

TUNAK TUNAK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgtyldovw9k

FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER (in memory of Hunter S. Thompson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZpdv902AHA

no wonder my pee wee herman giant underpants episode disappeared. one has re-emerged, but nowhere near the quality of the original.

Boring.

does this mean no more looney tunes? probably. :-/

YouTube is very heterophobic.

Someone posts a video of two guys going at it that leaves nothing to the imagination and nothing happens, but if you click on anything that looks like it might feature female nudity (unless it's in a nonsexual manner), it's always been deleted.

If you wanna see some really sick shit, go into the "People" section and search for the tag "death"...

I don't know that I'll be using YouTube very much anymore...

Fuck, I can't read posts anymore. take care tjhrasher02 and all of y'all rest opf yous, I need to get tot work tomorrow