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billpapa
about 1 year ago about Google
YouTube (owned by Google) just handed over details of users who uploaded episodes of Fox shows (24, Simpsons etc.), according to Techcrunch .
While I hardly support piracy, this decision surely is morally suspect because:
- YouTube could have just enforced better control, rather than giving away user information. The reason they did this is that they needed the copyrighted material for the initial growth of the site.
- Google owner of YouTube has recently made a deal with Fox
Is it right for companies to sellout their users-customers-stakeholders? Would YouTube have grown without copyright infringements?
I think companies should protect their customers (pull out the copyrighted material fast), especially if they have a social aspect like YouTube.
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Comments
Technically, it is illegal...
submitted by IronZerg about 1 year ago
This is another hard lesson that has to be relearned in this Internet age…
Just because everyone else is doing something, doesn’t make it right OR legal.
Distributing copyrighted material is illegal. Yes, before YouTube got Googled, it was a fertile ground for all sorts of material, regardless of copyright. Now, it’s gone corporate and thus has to play by the rules.
Does it suck for the people who got busted on it? Yes. Was it morally wrong? Possibly. BUT, wasn’t it also morally wrong of the people to introduce someone else’s copyrighted material in the first place? Most definitely.
maybe illegal, but far from immoral
submitted by jkrumm about 1 year ago
I have a hard time seeing the uploading of corporate commercial content as immoral. Illegal, sure, but there are lots of stupid laws.
Stealing not immoral?
submitted by IronZerg about 1 year ago
Uploading TV Shows so that people can watch them in ways the networks don’t intend is stealing. When a company has a hit TV show, it can gross more income from commercials that are viewed during the time slot.
When you bypass this process, you steal revenue from the corporation, which eventually funnels down to the writers, directors, actors and everyone else who puts their time, effort and energy into making these shows.
And that is immoral. And illegal.
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