03-03-2007, 12:53 AM
Seriously now, how archaic and asinine are these stupid fucking copyright laws already? Don’t these fucking billion dollar companies have more important things to be concerned about than some middle class dick with a high-speed internet connection uploading a funny scene from Kill Bill?
The only thing that matters to these companies is money, which makes their objection to youtube even that much more retarded. All youtube really is to them is FREE ADVERTISING. Trailer Park Boys is the prime example of this. Here’s a hilarious Canadian show that doesn’t get much publicity in the US. A funny clip gets uploaded and hundreds of people view it. Who knows, maybe somebody unfamiliar with the show stumbled upon it and said “hey, that’s pretty funny. I need to learn more about this show.” And they proceed to go out and PURCHASE THE DVD’s. But no, instead the studio - Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting - somehow interprets the sharing of this video as theft.
Their entire mindset makes absolutely no sense. When rupture914 uploads a 10 minute scene from Kill Bill, are there any people outside of these DMCA faggots that actually think that rupture914 filmed and created this video? Besides, how can anybody have the right to tell you what you can and can’t do with a DVD that you OWN? (or burned, but that’s not the point yet.) Nobody in their right mind, not even the most hardcore conservative god-fearing Christian bible salesman, is going to shield their eyes when viewing something that they want to view because it might have infringed upon some convoluted copyright law. Oh no! This Shaun Livingston injury clip was not uploaded with the expressed written consent of the National Basketball Association. I can’t watch this, it’s illegal!
They are living in their own little reality, completely removed from all the technology that exists today. Youtube is a tremendous concept, but it will never reach its full potential as long as these studios continue to avoid the reality of the situation - that they simply cannot win. The only possible way for them to stop people from “illegal” downloading or from what they perceive as “copyright infringement” is to have the entire internet shut down, and I don’t see them having that kind of power anytime soon. Are they unaware of the technology that exists for today’s savvy consumer? Every single video card and TV today has an S-Video jack. Software exists by the hundreds that allows you to transfer data from your TV to your computer. DVD burners are $35, blank DVD’s $.20 each, and software by the hundreds to copy DVD’s. What the fuck do they expect people to do with this technology? Be ignorant of it like they are, or just use it to edit and share your own boring home videos of you shitting in your cat’s mouth?
The only thing that matters to these companies is money, which makes their objection to youtube even that much more retarded. All youtube really is to them is FREE ADVERTISING. Trailer Park Boys is the prime example of this. Here’s a hilarious Canadian show that doesn’t get much publicity in the US. A funny clip gets uploaded and hundreds of people view it. Who knows, maybe somebody unfamiliar with the show stumbled upon it and said “hey, that’s pretty funny. I need to learn more about this show.” And they proceed to go out and PURCHASE THE DVD’s. But no, instead the studio - Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting - somehow interprets the sharing of this video as theft.
Their entire mindset makes absolutely no sense. When rupture914 uploads a 10 minute scene from Kill Bill, are there any people outside of these DMCA faggots that actually think that rupture914 filmed and created this video? Besides, how can anybody have the right to tell you what you can and can’t do with a DVD that you OWN? (or burned, but that’s not the point yet.) Nobody in their right mind, not even the most hardcore conservative god-fearing Christian bible salesman, is going to shield their eyes when viewing something that they want to view because it might have infringed upon some convoluted copyright law. Oh no! This Shaun Livingston injury clip was not uploaded with the expressed written consent of the National Basketball Association. I can’t watch this, it’s illegal!
They are living in their own little reality, completely removed from all the technology that exists today. Youtube is a tremendous concept, but it will never reach its full potential as long as these studios continue to avoid the reality of the situation - that they simply cannot win. The only possible way for them to stop people from “illegal” downloading or from what they perceive as “copyright infringement” is to have the entire internet shut down, and I don’t see them having that kind of power anytime soon. Are they unaware of the technology that exists for today’s savvy consumer? Every single video card and TV today has an S-Video jack. Software exists by the hundreds that allows you to transfer data from your TV to your computer. DVD burners are $35, blank DVD’s $.20 each, and software by the hundreds to copy DVD’s. What the fuck do they expect people to do with this technology? Be ignorant of it like they are, or just use it to edit and share your own boring home videos of you shitting in your cat’s mouth?