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"The song “Drag Me Down” by One Direction appeared on YouTube 2,700 times after the service was asked to take down unlicensed copies. These 2,700 pirated upload
by dkopi 10y ago
"The song “Drag Me Down” by One Direction appeared on YouTube 2,700 times after the service was asked to take down unlicensed copies. These 2,700 pirated uploads allowed Google to continue profiting from advertising while the artists got nothing."
When an average music video has hundreds millions of views, 2700 views is actually an incredible proof of how quick google is to take down pirated music.
For comparison, the original "Drag Me Down" video has over
459,286,538 views.
- CocaKoala 10y agoIt's not 2700 views. It's saying that "Drag Me Down" was uploaded to YouTube 2700 different times, which each time getting its own distinct view counter.
- dkopi 10y agoThat's a reasonable interpretation. In that case - it just goes to show how much work and effort is required to remove pirated copies. Also - I'm pretty sure a lot of these so called pirated versions don't really include the original, unaltered audio track, or just include a few snippets from the video.