Earlier in the semester we talked about piracy, and how different governments are cracking down on copyright infringement. I found two different articles in the news that link to each other.
The first article is about the Hong Kong film industry's loss of $308 million to YouTube. They discovered that films were being uploaded to the site because of the release of one film that did not do as well as anticipated. When the producers of the movie found out about the film on YouTube, they did further research, which led to the discover of over 200 films that were illegally uploaded. The funny thing is the producer of the film does not hold YouTube accountable, even though when Media Asia informed YouTube about the copyright infringement they did not close them down immediately. I think something needs to be done. With YouTube, they allow anyone to claim a copyright even if it is not theirs. This causes an abundant amount of loss to the various film industries. Many people believe that copyright infringements do not happen in YouTube often, but you would be surprised. Even Arabic and Indian films are available all over the place on YouTube. The problem is YouTube does not bother to check this stuff out for itself which I think is wrong on their part.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hong-kong-film-piracy-youtube-314976
The second article is about how Finland's government has recently given IFPI permission to identify and pursue the different users of Pirates Bay. After a Pirates Bay leak of an album two days before it was meant to be released, the label went to court to force information on the infringers be released to them. The label is only looking at the people who uploaded and shared the album, and not looking about the illegality of Pirates Bay itself. After receiving information about the infringers, they plan on looking for other infringements on the site and gathering information about the sharers of those albums. I still think that some of the fault lies with Pirates Bay; but it was also the choice of the people who shared. The Pirates Bay did not take this lightly. Because of the courts ruling, the Pirates Bay was supposed to be blocked. This instigated a lot of questioning about the rights of filtering the internet. The founders of Pirates Bay are planning to sue the IFPI for suing the people that allow access to their site. They believe that the IFPI has an unfair monopoly on distribution regardless of the means. I do not think they have a right to sue the IFPI, to be honest. It just does not make any sense.
http://torrentfreak.com/court-gives-ifpi-permission-to-identify-pirate-bay-users-120423/
For the article about Pirates Bay planning to sue IFPI go to:
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-plans-to-sue-ifpi-090206/
Personally, for both YouTube and the Pirates Bay, I believe that the organizations themselves are to blame just as much as the people who upload or share the material. I am intrigued to find out what YouTube, and their parent company Google, have to say about their copyright policies that have led to many copyright infringements. They have yet to make a statement.
The first article is about the Hong Kong film industry's loss of $308 million to YouTube. They discovered that films were being uploaded to the site because of the release of one film that did not do as well as anticipated. When the producers of the movie found out about the film on YouTube, they did further research, which led to the discover of over 200 films that were illegally uploaded. The funny thing is the producer of the film does not hold YouTube accountable, even though when Media Asia informed YouTube about the copyright infringement they did not close them down immediately. I think something needs to be done. With YouTube, they allow anyone to claim a copyright even if it is not theirs. This causes an abundant amount of loss to the various film industries. Many people believe that copyright infringements do not happen in YouTube often, but you would be surprised. Even Arabic and Indian films are available all over the place on YouTube. The problem is YouTube does not bother to check this stuff out for itself which I think is wrong on their part.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hong-kong-film-piracy-youtube-314976
The second article is about how Finland's government has recently given IFPI permission to identify and pursue the different users of Pirates Bay. After a Pirates Bay leak of an album two days before it was meant to be released, the label went to court to force information on the infringers be released to them. The label is only looking at the people who uploaded and shared the album, and not looking about the illegality of Pirates Bay itself. After receiving information about the infringers, they plan on looking for other infringements on the site and gathering information about the sharers of those albums. I still think that some of the fault lies with Pirates Bay; but it was also the choice of the people who shared. The Pirates Bay did not take this lightly. Because of the courts ruling, the Pirates Bay was supposed to be blocked. This instigated a lot of questioning about the rights of filtering the internet. The founders of Pirates Bay are planning to sue the IFPI for suing the people that allow access to their site. They believe that the IFPI has an unfair monopoly on distribution regardless of the means. I do not think they have a right to sue the IFPI, to be honest. It just does not make any sense.
http://torrentfreak.com/court-gives-ifpi-permission-to-identify-pirate-bay-users-120423/
For the article about Pirates Bay planning to sue IFPI go to:
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-plans-to-sue-ifpi-090206/
Personally, for both YouTube and the Pirates Bay, I believe that the organizations themselves are to blame just as much as the people who upload or share the material. I am intrigued to find out what YouTube, and their parent company Google, have to say about their copyright policies that have led to many copyright infringements. They have yet to make a statement.
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Regarding the YouTube link and controversy. If Google finds that the material on YouTube violates copyright infringement, they will take it down. But until they are notified, and then investigate the claim, the damage is already done. I know that there are times that you can watch a whole movie on YouTube, but then when you go back to see it again, it's gone.
Your point that many countries post films on YouTube is news to me! I had no idea.
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