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Re:How Peppa Pig became a video nightmare for children by ben_w on Sunday June 17, 2018 @03:57PM (#17334001)
Most people neither understand nor care to learn copyright law, nor would most bother to reason “x content would only be here unlawfully, therefore I should not watch it here because it’s either a threat to me or to the content creator”.

For example, search for the strictly inaccurate phrase “copyright not intended” on YouTube and observe the type of result.

Re:How Peppa Pig became a video nightmare for children by laumars on Sunday June 17, 2018 @05:18PM (#17334388)
There is also a lot of good original content made for YouTube as well like nursery rhymes. Some of which are better than the rubbish on "regular" TV.

So it's not really worth getting to hung up about copyright law in the context of this discussion as I could easily just replace "Peppa Pig" with "Kids Nursery Rhymes" and still make the same point.

Re:How Peppa Pig became a video nightmare for children by freehunter on Sunday June 17, 2018 @06:16PM (#17334628)
Maybe the lesson here is that content creators for children should leave YouTube and find a more kid-friendly alternative. I imagine the day where a family-friendly brand sees these abusive videos being recommended in the same playlist as them and decides to pull all of their content.

There may be great content on YouTube, but that content could go anywhere. Is there maybe a market for a YouTube where a human reviews the content that gets posted and guarantees it is family-friendly?

Re:How Peppa Pig became a video nightmare for children by ben_w on Sunday June 17, 2018 @05:23PM (#17334402)
I enjoy a lot of such content. My point is that almost nobody cares enough to know enough that they are even capable of being hung up about copyright law, any more than they care enough to learn enough to be hung up about which medicines are affordable in foreign countries. It just isn’t something normal people do.
Re:How Peppa Pig became a video nightmare for children by laumars on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @04:22AM (#17353513)
Yes I got that the first time. You didn't need to re-explain your point because I was adding a complimentary argument rather than contradictory.