ScrewYouTube
YouTube has deleted one of my clips. I knew it was going to happen eventually, but it still astonishes me that the entertainment industry hasn't got a clue that posting a 2-minute clip from a 25-minute show, or a movie trailer, does not pose a threat to their existence. It's free advertising, you dumbasses!
Well, I say a pox on Hollywood lawyers and their cringing lackeys at YouTube. From this point forward, I swear to never again link to, or post another clip there. If they want their site to become nothing more than a pathetic repository of stupid amateur home videos, then so be it.
YouTube, you are dead to me now.
Comments
welcome to the real world! community should care for their own media and memory! :)
Posted by: nero | November 2, 2006 3:03 AM
I'll be in the real world when I turn off this computer and step outside into the sunshine.
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Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 2, 2006 5:03 AM
The reason, in most cases, people bother to even watch the content is because it's freely available. I would never seek out and pay for a 30 second clip of any video content. Ever. The desire to "control" (and hence squeeze every penny out of) the distribution of their own content will essentially mean no one will see it, or indeed, miss it. buh-bye.
This is exactly why I never link NY Times articles. In a week your links are broken. Why newspapers think their ephemeral reportage ought to be worth something once it is old news but free while it is fresh I'll never understand.
My greatest complaint, by far, is that the bastions of learning and culture endlessly bemoan the fact that the internet is full of dodgy facts, weak scholarship, and downright lies, (wikipedia anyone?)meanwhile all the actual scholarly research, the fact checked and vetted bits of knowledge out there, are locked behind pricey subscription plans. Here's a pertinent bit of scholarship on the subject.
Posted by: jmorrison | November 2, 2006 5:31 PM
Content wants to be free ... or something like that.
I personally enjoyed the free clip culture as long as it lasted. But these companies need to make money as well - and when money is involved so are lawyers.
As soon as the price is right I'll buy NEW stuff in complete length. I despise paycontent like 20 sec clips.
Old stuff? I would be happy to host any 'funky' old clip via my personal web account - don't need no stinking Video Google or YouTube (now all the same anyway).
Posted by: orangeguru | November 3, 2006 1:31 PM
i'm technoretarded, is there a way to save the youtube stuff somewhere other than youtube as a free repository before they delete or charge for them?
i don't even know, can i save them to a personal device?
Posted by: mod*mom | November 4, 2006 2:54 AM
mod*mom: if you're using the Firefox browser there are a couple of plugins you can download that will allow you to save YouTube and Google video clips as Flash files (.flv). From there, you'd need a video conversion tool to change the file to a different format like .avi
In a nutshell: it can be done, but it ain't pretty.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 4, 2006 6:30 AM
merci. i think i'll get my new sewing machine going tonight instead. :)
Posted by: mod*mom | November 4, 2006 8:05 PM