"Basically I agree with your opinion that rare and unreleased material should be available freely"
Well, that's not exactly my opinion... I'd throw "if it can't be purchased legally" on the end there. Because I don't mind paying for things, really!
"Only after YouTube grows enough backbone and stops intentionally breaking the law for commercial gain, could I possible start to agree with their (or your) point of view."
Meh, I personally don't see a problem here..... Youtube gets complaints, the offending stuff gets taken down. It's a pain in the arse for me, because I can't laugh at the Yngwie Malmsteen parodies anymore... but the copyright holder is happy now, right??
"Here in Brazil, a few months ago a model called Daniella Cicarelli was filmed having sex at the beach, and the video leaked out on YouTube (it isn't explicit, you just see her with her boyfriend moving in a suspicious way in the water, which is probably why it was "allowed" there), and she managed to get YouTube banned in Brazil."
What a prude!
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"Basically I agree with your opinion that rare and unreleased material should be available freely"
Well, that's not exactly my opinion... I'd throw "if it can't be purchased legally" on the end there. Because I don't mind paying for things, really![/QUOTE]
I assumed that much, and thought that would be pretty much everyone's opinion... ;)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"Only after YouTube grows enough backbone and stops intentionally breaking the law for commercial gain, could I possible start to agree with their (or your) point of view."
Meh, I personally don't see a problem here..... Youtube gets complaints, the offending stuff gets taken down. It's a pain in the arse for me, because I can't laugh at the Yngwie Malmsteen parodies anymore... but the copyright holder is happy now, right??[/QUOTE]
The problem is that it's more than just an offending parody. We're talking about every single music video, live performance and interview of yours that's ever been televised. It's downright illegal to upload those.
In real world the equivalent would be that a recordstore would gladly sell bootlegs and pirate albums next to the official ones... I know this happens occasionally by "accident" even in some UK stores like HMV which are selling dodgy Queen releases (In Nuce, Final Live in Japan) but it's still breaking the copyright laws to make an extra profit, and should be discouraged. At least in my opinion.
Well, that's not exactly my opinion... I'd throw "if it can't be purchased legally" on the end there. Because I don't mind paying for things, really![/QUOTE]
I assumed that much, and thought that would be pretty much everyone's opinion... ;)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"Only after YouTube grows enough backbone and stops intentionally breaking the law for commercial gain, could I possible start to agree with their (or your) point of view."
Meh, I personally don't see a problem here..... Youtube gets complaints, the offending stuff gets taken down. It's a pain in the arse for me, because I can't laugh at the Yngwie Malmsteen parodies anymore... but the copyright holder is happy now, right??[/QUOTE]
The problem is that it's more than just an offending parody. We're talking about every single music video, live performance and interview of yours that's ever been televised. It's downright illegal to upload those.
In real world the equivalent would be that a recordstore would gladly sell bootlegs and pirate albums next to the official ones... I know this happens occasionally by "accident" even in some UK stores like HMV which are selling dodgy Queen releases (In Nuce, Final Live in Japan) but it's still breaking the copyright laws to make an extra profit, and should be discouraged. At least in my opinion.
" We're talking about every single music video, live performance and interview of yours that's ever been televised. It's downright illegal to upload those."
Again with my favourite words though, 'fuck the law'. It might be downright illegal, but if Prince is going to be a giant prat and refuse to take care of his own back catalogue of unreleased stuff, and can't be arsed making all this stuff available through proper channels - he deserves to lose money. Seriously!
That Youtube would make any money out of it is something that does bother me.... Chad and Steve, that pasty white guy and his asian coder friend.... I think they've got plenty enough money. Especially since they took a giant Google wad in their mouths.
Again with my favourite words though, 'fuck the law'. It might be downright illegal, but if Prince is going to be a giant prat and refuse to take care of his own back catalogue of unreleased stuff, and can't be arsed making all this stuff available through proper channels - he deserves to lose money. Seriously!
That Youtube would make any money out of it is something that does bother me.... Chad and Steve, that pasty white guy and his asian coder friend.... I think they've got plenty enough money. Especially since they took a giant Google wad in their mouths.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
That Youtube would make any money out of it is something that does bother me....[/QUOTE]
Hah, so for that reason alone you should at least be sitting on the fence instead of siding with either Prince or YouTube. :P
That Youtube would make any money out of it is something that does bother me....[/QUOTE]
Hah, so for that reason alone you should at least be sitting on the fence instead of siding with either Prince or YouTube. :P
I think it's great that Prince is pulling out his own videos from YouTube.
Now nobody has to watch 'Batdance'.
Now nobody has to watch 'Batdance'.