Be warned, people who videotape and then post 2 minute videos from the Hannah Montana show — Google is on to you. You may think your your mash-up of Sophie’s Choice and Chocolate Rain (see above) was fair use, but that stuff is somebody’s hard work and dedication and those people are human.
Google will now terminate the accounts of repeat infringers, ensuring they are banished to the Isle of Malta for the remainder of their time here on earth. They will also create a hash of every video uploaded and compare it with known material culled from Google Video’s large library of full-length pirated movies. Content owners can also press a button to cry “Foul” and have their 50 second video of meerkats dying taken off of YouTube immediately. This is war, sheeple, and we are the quarry.
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That’s a bit harsh, Malta is a beautiful island and would be a great place to be banished to. Perhaps you should pick another place. :)
Oh.. I didn’t need to see that video. ACK!
This is ridiculous. I understand creators wanting to be paid for their hard work, and totally agree with it, but, I really think they are doing more harm than good to themselves. I can’t count how many clips I’ve seen/heard of tv shows, movies, music, where the creators haven’t been paid, and then went on to start watching the show, renting to video, checking out the artist’s other songs. Granted, many will steal the content after being exposed to something new, but that will always be the case and people will find a new venue to get their clips. I think these companies need to start thinking about the new customers that they can gain by having their content out there.
And what about the content that simply is not available for purchase or watching on TV. Many shows that I grew up with, until recently, were not available on DVD or shown on TV, how great was it to catch some of these clips on youtube!