re: #135 Obdicut

I’m all for it— copyright and patents, that is— but from the perspective of the Internet, a video being removed for any reason looks the same. It’s nearly impossible to ban things on the internet— only if the things themselves are illegal can you keep them to small numbers.

No, a video being removed for copyright violation with an explicit message to that effect does not look the same as censorship.

And just because I can’t keep people from stealing my words or songs or images in toto doesn’t mean I’m going to let some clown on YouTube get away with it.

There are responsible entities on the internet. And there are armies of lawyers for ripped-off authors and musicians and painters who will shut down what they can. I imagine our host, for one, is grateful.