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But you do have to confess that a lot of YouTube is "copyright-theft". The real question is what effect that "theft" has on the bottom line of the companies tha

But you do have to confess that a lot of YouTube is "copyright-theft". The real question is what effect that "theft" has on the bottom line of the companies that hold the rights. Is it 1:1, 1:100 or can it/does it result in additional profit in some cases? Nobody really knows the answer to this and anyone who states they do is just guessing.

jrockway 17y ago
Fair use, you mean. I have never seen a full TV episode of a popular show on YouTube. But the file sharing sites have them, and in HD, and without ads and annotations. Guess where I get my full TV episodes from. Not Youtube.
- Quarrelsome 17y ago
  I've watched PLENTY of full series on YouTube. However I don't watch so much mainstream. You can still catch the latest English Premier League or Champions League action if you get there quick enough (in before the lock). IIRC all of the Naruto (Anime) subs used to be up there and they were licensed to Viz Media. They're much better at removing the stuff then they used to be but say three or so years ago YouTube was stuffed with full episodes. I remember watching almost all of "Everybody Hates Chris" on YouTube.
- fnid2 17y ago
  I watch full episodes of poker shows. Broken up into 10 minute clips of course. In the "old days" I watched full clips of the daily show and countless other shows I can't even remember now. I didn't have a TV and didn't need one because Youtube had all the shows I wanted to see.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    I watched "air crash investigation" a few times. Since I didn't know this show existed, the existence of the clips was helpful to them in the form of free advertising. Of course, I don't have cable or whatever, so I just download the episodes from real file sharing sites. But you can't blame Youtube for that, that's all on me.
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jrockway 17y ago

Fair use, you mean. I have never seen a full TV episode of a popular show on YouTube. But the file sharing sites have them, and in HD, and without ads and annotations. Guess where I get my full TV episodes from. Not Youtube.

Quarrelsome 17y ago
I've watched PLENTY of full series on YouTube. However I don't watch so much mainstream. You can still catch the latest English Premier League or Champions League action if you get there quick enough (in before the lock). IIRC all of the Naruto (Anime) subs used to be up there and they were licensed to Viz Media. They're much better at removing the stuff then they used to be but say three or so years ago YouTube was stuffed with full episodes. I remember watching almost all of "Everybody Hates Chris" on YouTube.
fnid2 17y ago
I watch full episodes of poker shows. Broken up into 10 minute clips of course. In the "old days" I watched full clips of the daily show and countless other shows I can't even remember now. I didn't have a TV and didn't need one because Youtube had all the shows I wanted to see.
- jrockway 17y ago
  I watched "air crash investigation" a few times. Since I didn't know this show existed, the existence of the clips was helpful to them in the form of free advertising. Of course, I don't have cable or whatever, so I just download the episodes from real file sharing sites. But you can't blame Youtube for that, that's all on me.
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