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Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by mattl on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:54PM (#28588290)
How do we get good content from a platform that is explicitly copyleft? Will the vast majority of creators use this even as a backup?
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by the_third_wave on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:44PM (#28588631)
> How do we get good content from a platform that is explicitly copyleft?

The same way we get good software from a ´community´ which is explicitly copyleft.

> Will the vast majority of creators use this even as a backup?

The best way to use platforms like Peertube and Odysee is by using it as a primary source, with Youtube and Vimeo essentially playing the role of CDN. Should the censors not like your video for $reasons they can block them 'till they turn ultraviolet but they can not deny anyone access to them. Make sure to advertise your alternative distribution channel(s), use the same channel names and video titles so they can be found through regular web search and you're set [1].

[1] that it, until censorship reaches the network layer

Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by mattl on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:51PM (#28588678)
I think that’s a bad idea because I don’t want people to think watching video on a computer is okay.

Video (movies) should be enjoyed on a big screen with a good screen.

These platforms should give creators a way to prohibit viewing on small screens, Linux, etc.

Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by midasuni on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:52AM (#28591265)
Why does absolute size matter? Viewing angle is surely far more important, with something made for THX being optimised for 40°

And as for blocking the most popular video playing platform out there - at least for large screens - the only question would be “why”

Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by MathCodeLove on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:52PM (#28589378)
Is this satire?
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by 8eye on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:11AM (#28591039)
sounds like my film prof at uni
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by zelphirkalt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:58PM (#28588332)
Why would copyleft have anything to do with the quality of content people upload? I am not quite following the connection there.
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by mattl on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:01PM (#28588354)
Most people don’t care about the license of a place to put their videos
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by detaro on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:02PM (#28588363)
Then why did you bring it up at all?
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by mattl on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:06PM (#28588389)
It’s literally all over the Peertube homepage
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by Weryj on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:24PM (#28588505)
The license of the source code doesn't apply to the content hosted.
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by mattl on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:36PM (#28588577)
I know. But people who cares about the server code care more about such things. I made a copyleft movie and the PeerTube site I put it on went down forever. YouTube and archive.org remain up
Re:Bye YouTube, Hello PeerTube [video] by joshuaissac on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:08PM (#28588804)
> But people who cares about the server code care more about such things. I made a copyleft movie and the PeerTube site I put it on went down forever.

What does the have to do with the licence of the PeerTube source code?