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key word left out of HN title: "some"

by sandipc 16y ago

bryanlarsen 16y ago
Actually, I feel the title is accurate. Some restrictions are always assumed -- for example, you need an internet connection to upload to Youtube. This restriction prevents many more people from uploading than the actual restrictions mentioned in the article. For those who didn't read the article, an account with a good history is required for uploading. Yes, not everybody has one of those, but anybody with an internet connection can get one of those.
- hugh3 16y ago
  Not so much. My first thought, after all, was "Hooray, now I can watch Top Gear and Doctor Who episodes which aren't split into six different sections!" I don't really want to watch 60-minute videos of someone's cat. (Incidentally, before anyone gets on my arse about copyright violation which I usually disapprove of, I feel justified in pirating Top Gear and Doctor Who since they're shown for free on the (Australian) ABC or SBS. I pay Australian taxes despite not being resident there, so I damn well should be able to watch what I've already paid for.)
  - quanticle 16y ago
    I don't think you'll get to do that even with the relaxed time limits. The lifting of the time restriction means that YouTube is confident enough in its content detection algorithms that they're no longer relying on arbitrary length limits as a restriction on copyright violations. This means that any unauthorized Top Gear or Dr. Who videos will probably be flagged and taken down within hours of their posting.
    - hugh3 16y ago
      Exactly, that's what I was saying. The only reason I'd want longer videos is so I can watch stuff which I legally can't, so the fact that they're allowing it now is not a great source of excitement to me.
Groxx 16y ago
It's left out, but if anything I'd say without is more accurate, given this part: >... beginning with a subset of users. Nowhere does it claim to only remove limits from "some" videos, merely "for some people right now", and it also doesn't imply it won't reach everyone. Though I haven't seen anything from YouTube, so it could be that that is the case.

key word left out of HN title: "some"

by sandipc 16y ago

key word left out of HN title: "some"

Actually, I feel the title is accurate. Some restrictions are always assumed -- for example, you need an internet connection to upload to Youtube. This restriction prevents many more people from uploading than the actual restrictions mentioned in the article. For those who didn't read the article, an account with a good history is required for uploading. Yes, not everybody has one of those, but anybody with an internet connection can get one of those.

hugh3 16y ago
Not so much. My first thought, after all, was "Hooray, now I can watch Top Gear and Doctor Who episodes which aren't split into six different sections!" I don't really want to watch 60-minute videos of someone's cat. (Incidentally, before anyone gets on my arse about copyright violation which I usually disapprove of, I feel justified in pirating Top Gear and Doctor Who since they're shown for free on the (Australian) ABC or SBS. I pay Australian taxes despite not being resident there, so I damn well should be able to watch what I've already paid for.)
- quanticle 16y ago
  I don't think you'll get to do that even with the relaxed time limits. The lifting of the time restriction means that YouTube is confident enough in its content detection algorithms that they're no longer relying on arbitrary length limits as a restriction on copyright violations. This means that any unauthorized Top Gear or Dr. Who videos will probably be flagged and taken down within hours of their posting.
  - hugh3 16y ago
    Exactly, that's what I was saying. The only reason I'd want longer videos is so I can watch stuff which I legally can't, so the fact that they're allowing it now is not a great source of excitement to me.

Groxx 16y ago

It's left out, but if anything I'd say without is more accurate, given this part: >... beginning with a subset of users. Nowhere does it claim to only remove limits from "some" videos, merely "for some people right now", and it also doesn't imply it won't reach everyone. Though I haven't seen anything from YouTube, so it could be that that is the case.