With the rise in technology, we have become increasingly persistent in sharing our interest and expressing ourselves, which in turn has led us to the creation of 'Youtube' or more precisely, video streaming. This new form of media has opened up countless possibilities all around the world. Not only are we able to upload and share recorded videos of ourselves, we are also able to share tv episodes! It is as if the whole world's tv channel is in the palm of your hands. You can view short clips of almost every television series from all around the world through Youtube. However, not all agree with this new form of media. While we audiences celebrate the birth of video streaming, the media itself isn't too hyped up with this new creation that allows streaming of copyrighted clips from movies, tv shows, and music videos.
Quoting Washington Post (31 October 2006):-
"One of YouTube's challenges is that some media companies haven't developed a unified policy on how to deal with violations of their copyrighted material..."
This has led to user's dilemma on what to upload and what not to upload. Not only that, companies such as Comedy Central and Viacom inc requested removal of only a number of their videos instead of requesting for total removal where copyright infringement is concerned.
With lawsuits threats being made by several other media companies, Youtube-ers need to watch their back on what they consider to be "a safe upload".
References
Noguchi, Y & Kehaulani Goo, S 2006, To the media, Youtube is a threat and a tool, online, retrieved 2 May 2008, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR2006103001198.html
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