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Is there any legitimacy to the notion their b-model was built effectively on 'piracy' and that they ignored take down requests?
by jariel 6y ago
Is there any legitimacy to the notion their b-model was built effectively on 'piracy' and that they ignored take down requests?
- mtnGoat 6y agoi think the record speaks for itself on this. its pretty well understood what the previous owners were up to and how they originally populated the site with content. no employee can confirm nor deny this for legal reasons or just lack of access to that part of the system/code.
- oarsinsync 6y agoIt’s true of YouTube back in the day, it’s not unreasonable to think it’s probably true of other tube sites too.
- pluc 6y agoI can't really speak to the early history, but I mean they bought most of the Tubesites back then which we all know had a fair amount of piracy - so from a guess, I'd say they were aware and it was part of the strategy, yeah. For the takedown requests, no idea.