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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by komali2 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @07:54PM (#46052823)
> The deal you make with YouTube is that you watch the ad in exchange for the video.

Did I? Can you tell me where I made this deal? I navigated to YouTube.com, I don't see a contract, I don't see a place to sign or a hand to shake. Where is this bilateral agreement?

I think what you meant to say was, YouTube really very much wants me to watch their ads, and I don't care to, so I won't.

If your counter is that then YouTube will shut down, I say, oh well, I've already archived all the videos I care about, and someone else will replace them, or not, and either way life will go on.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by JAlexoid on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:08PM (#46052917)
> I've already archived all the videos I care about

That's quite literally what we call piracy.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:58PM (#46053318)
What makes it different from VHS?
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by JAlexoid on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @09:19PM (#46053479)
It doesn't. Recording copyrighted material that has been broadcast is, in fact, copyright infringement.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @10:54PM (#46054033)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Unive....

I don't know if you're making some edge case argument without elaborating, or if you're just being ridiculous.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by justinclift on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:09PM (#46054110)
No, that's just a you thing.
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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been F... by joquarky on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @07:00PM (#46063760)
There are at least two words in your comment that do not align semantically with the definitions of those words.
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