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Re:The Right to Read (1997) by andrewjl on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:59PM (#24882846)
> Entire channels being taken down because the licensed music they used contained samples that weren’t properly licensed themselves.

One has to wonder why this happens at a time where it's never been easier to build your own mini-YouTube, for your own content. The problem is cultural, not technical.

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Re:The Right to Read (1997) by coddle-hark on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:09AM (#24893234)
It’s not though. Sure, it’s pretty easy to self host videos but YouTube is much more than that. It’s the only open access video platform with a good (existing?) monetisation strategy, for example.
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