Re:YouTube says it has ‘no obligation’ to host anyone’s video
by catalogia on Monday November 11, 2019 @01:18PM
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Forget the nazi shit for a minute: I doubt a youtube competitor upstart could get away with the sort of flagrant widespread copyright violation that was once common on youtube. Youtube itself got away with that for a few years, but can that stunt be replicated? I doubt it.
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Re:YouTube says it has ‘no obligation’ to host anyone’s video
by edmundsauto on Monday November 11, 2019 @08:28PM
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Good point. OTOH, there wasn't as much amateur digital content back then -- pretty much anything I wanted to watch was owned by a larger company. Nowadays, hobbyists and retirees and all kinds of people own the rights to content that I would want to see.
The environment has changed a lot, and it might not be a prerequisite to copy YT's growth model.