Speculation that YouTube's adoption of an "anti-piracy" screen will reduce its audience appeal has begun. YouTube, an internet video site just purchased by Google, apparently plans to use a filtering device to determine that posted material is not copyrighted. Similar filters are expected to be applied to other similar posting sites (
link here).
The copyright police come to plague the internet. Will all websites be required to check if they include copyrighted material? What happens to fair use of limited extracts from copyrighted material? Can a filter determine what is permitted and what not? Big Brother is watching.
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The more anal YouTube becomes, the more popular liberal alternatives become.