Thursday, December 7, 2006
Should YouTube Check Copyrights?
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "CONTENT" @ 09:00 PM
"Video website YouTube should proactively check if videos infringe copyright, a group representing Japanese rights holders has said. The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers wants videos checked before they go online. More than 100m videos are watched each day via YouTube and many are posted without necessary permissions. Last month 30,000 clips were taken down by YouTube at the request of the Japanese entertainment group. YouTube's policy has been to remove clips that infringe copyright after it receives complaints. The current system "is not functioning well due to the [continued] large volume of illegal uploads," said the letter, reported the Associated Press."
This I actually agree with. Not necessarily because of 'artists rights', a phrase often slug around by studios as a preamble to suit, but for a simpler reason: If everyone's gonna make a big stink about there being copyrighted works on YouTube, and if YouTube could get shut down because of it, then just hire a few more people to check videos that are posted. It really wouldn't be that hard. Yeah, I'm talking about a lot of uploads and person-power, but if that's what it takes to keep such an incredibly useful thing as YouTube operating, I'm all for it. You?
This I actually agree with. Not necessarily because of 'artists rights', a phrase often slug around by studios as a preamble to suit, but for a simpler reason: If everyone's gonna make a big stink about there being copyrighted works on YouTube, and if YouTube could get shut down because of it, then just hire a few more people to check videos that are posted. It really wouldn't be that hard. Yeah, I'm talking about a lot of uploads and person-power, but if that's what it takes to keep such an incredibly useful thing as YouTube operating, I'm all for it. You?
