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That just makes it worse, doesn't it? Why have we let a private corporation that's stuffing ads on everything and has a bizarre view of fair use become the loca
by geofft 5y ago
That just makes it worse, doesn't it? Why have we let a private corporation that's stuffing ads on everything and has a bizarre view of fair use become the location of record for all video in our society?
We have an entire agency - the US Government Publishing Office - whose job is to maintain the Congressional Record and handle all sorts of other printing and preservation requirements for the government. Why isn't congressional testimony there? Like, yes, it's bad for YouTube to delete congressional testimony, but isn't it worse to entrust YouTube with it in the first place?
- version_five 5y agoI agree with you, although I think the most pragmatic way to deal with it is to acknowledge when platforms have a de facto monopoly, and hold them to a standard when they do
- selimthegrim 5y agoYou may have heard of a little thing called C-SPAN...