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Audiovisual material is the public forum of modern times. It’s important to be able to review and criticize a movie and reupload it on public forums. Imagine n

• joemi 3y ago
  But youtube isn't a public utility. The public can use it, sure, but they're supposed to abide by the TOS, because it's a privately owned company. Downloading things from Youtube isn't the solution. Turning Youtube into a public utility is what's needed, in this case. Or even simpler: people need to start using archive.org instead of youtube.
• johnnyanmac 3y ago
  >Imagine not being able to show the Nuremberg Trial to pupils in class, because it would be copyrighted. the Nuremberg trials were an international affair, they made it public so no one country could do that. If it was a german or american exclusive trial it would have 100% been done off the record, and maybe be uncovered decades later like some declassified CIA document. >Imagine not being allowed to show negative footage of Biden because it’s copyrighted and the White House doesn’t grant the right to anyone. yes, that is the first amendment, the government cannot overstep a citizen's freedom of press. So that makes sense. Just like how military soldiers don't get the same rights as private citizens, private companies don't need to care about freedom of press.