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I am from Germany and I am really embarassed by the stupidity in my country. Youtube should just disable its service for Germany. Grooveshark did the same. Ever

by w1kke 14y ago

I am from Germany and I am really embarassed by the stupidity in my country. Youtube should just disable its service for Germany. Grooveshark did the same. Everyone who is serious about the internet could enable the service anyway.

Tichy 14y ago
There is more than music videos on YouTube. I hope this will give a boost to free music.
- w1kke 14y ago
  That is true. But if a company like Google takes a stand against those ridiculous court orders, we get one step closer to freeing the internet from the oppression of the copyright industry.
  - Tichy 14y ago
    Well they do take a stand in that they will censor the respective videos. The alternative would have been to pay up. Although I think the prices GEMA asks for are ridiculous and infeasible.
davidw 14y ago
I'm sort of glad to see it's not just Italy that produces inane rulings regarding Youtube and posted content.
robertgaal 14y ago
Could you give a little more insights as to why this is happening specifically in your country?
- jk4930 14y ago
  Because we have certain organisations protected by the state (they're like early-retirement homes for political friends). The organisation in question here, the GEMA, "protects" artists (in a similar way the music industry protects them) and they have special legal privileges (like that they can assume that every music record is protected by them and the other party has to prove otherwise). We have a public broadcasting service that enchroaches with (redundant) channels (annual budget of 7 bn EUR). You have to pay a monthly fee once you have a TV or radio or computer, next year it's mandatory for every househeld (240 EUR annually). Good place for political friends. We have chambers of commerce that you're required to "join" once you start a business. They waste money all the time and are unaccountable. Also for good political friends. I guess you see the pattern... :( I won't go so far to call it a managed democracy or a crony cleptocracy, but often I get this impression.

by w1kke 14y ago

Tichy 14y ago

There is more than music videos on YouTube. I hope this will give a boost to free music.

w1kke 14y ago
That is true. But if a company like Google takes a stand against those ridiculous court orders, we get one step closer to freeing the internet from the oppression of the copyright industry.
- Tichy 14y ago
  Well they do take a stand in that they will censor the respective videos. The alternative would have been to pay up. Although I think the prices GEMA asks for are ridiculous and infeasible.

davidw 14y ago

I'm sort of glad to see it's not just Italy that produces inane rulings regarding Youtube and posted content.

robertgaal 14y ago

Could you give a little more insights as to why this is happening specifically in your country?

jk4930 14y ago
Because we have certain organisations protected by the state (they're like early-retirement homes for political friends). The organisation in question here, the GEMA, "protects" artists (in a similar way the music industry protects them) and they have special legal privileges (like that they can assume that every music record is protected by them and the other party has to prove otherwise). We have a public broadcasting service that enchroaches with (redundant) channels (annual budget of 7 bn EUR). You have to pay a monthly fee once you have a TV or radio or computer, next year it's mandatory for every househeld (240 EUR annually). Good place for political friends. We have chambers of commerce that you're required to "join" once you start a business. They waste money all the time and are unaccountable. Also for good political friends. I guess you see the pattern... :( I won't go so far to call it a managed democracy or a crony cleptocracy, but often I get this impression.