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You are wrong on #1. The biggest con was Facebook selling those "likes" to your competitors. #2 addressed elsewhere #3 YouTube started through copyright viola
by AJ007 11y ago
You are wrong on #1. The biggest con was Facebook selling those "likes" to your competitors.
#2 addressed elsewhere
#3 YouTube started through copyright violations and continues to benefit from copyrighted content today (if the rightsholders do not try to enforce.)
- adventured 11y agoIf the rights holders do not want to enforce take-downs on their content (eg because they're getting promotional value from it or otherwise), then it's not in any way wrong to benefit from said copyrighted content. In fact it's smart and appropriate to use copyrighted content in that case. Just because something is copyrighted doesn't mean it's inherently or by default illegal or improper to use without permission - it means it may be.
- babuskov 11y agoYou could repeat the exact same sentences for Facebook usage of videos as well. Both FB and YT are benefiting from copyrighted content used illegally. The copyright owners don't have time to search and hunt down every last one of thousands of copies of their videos posted. Even when they do, the new ones just pop up a week later and people uploading are getting smarter with various tricks that prevent automatic detection.
- mikekchar 11y agoJust want to say that it is default illegal to infringe copyright. It is a civil offence in most countries, but it is still illegal. You can be sued and "But you never complained" is not a valid defence. This is true of any country that signed the Berne convention. In many countries if you infringe copyright for profit, it becomes a criminal offence and you can actually go to jail. I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. Read the copyright law in your area. You will undoubtedly be very surprised at how wrong you are.