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I would liken it more to car crash/snuff type videos than child porn. People may get some shock value from them but it's doubtful that there are people delibera

by jiggy2011 14y ago

I would liken it more to car crash/snuff type videos than child porn. People may get some shock value from them but it's doubtful that there are people deliberately setting up car accidents in order to get youtube hits. I imagine that the market of people willing to pay money to watch a cow be abused is significantly smaller than the market for child porn.

Evbn 14y ago
Counterpoint: the "bum fight" phenomenon, and also dog fighting (Michael Vick)
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  I don't think it's legal to distribute dog fighting videos (in the UK at least) though I'm not sure. I remember bum fights being controversial back in the day, not sure I would call it a phenomenon though. At least there the fighting was somewhat consensual such as with boxing etc.
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randomdata 14y ago
> it's doubtful that there are people deliberately setting up car accidents in order to get youtube hits. I hope the number of people filming crashes against random strangers on the highway are low, but crashes in a controlled environment are definitely happening to fill the market void. Heck, the demolition derby is a long standing American tradition. > I imagine that the market of people willing to pay money to watch a cow be abused is significantly smaller than the market for child porn. PETA makes money, and given their reach I expect significant amounts of money, from distributing such videos and similar content. Though I would suggest that money is not the only motivator. Like I mentioned in another post, people will create content just to know people are tuning in. Likewise, in software we create and distribute free and/or open source projects just for the satisfaction of knowing others are using what we have created. Money doesn't necessarily matter.

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I would liken it more to car crash/snuff type videos than child porn. People may get some shock value from them but it's doubtful that there are people delibera

by jiggy2011 14y ago

Evbn 14y ago
Counterpoint: the "bum fight" phenomenon, and also dog fighting (Michael Vick)
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  I don't think it's legal to distribute dog fighting videos (in the UK at least) though I'm not sure. I remember bum fights being controversial back in the day, not sure I would call it a phenomenon though. At least there the fighting was somewhat consensual such as with boxing etc.
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randomdata 14y ago
> it's doubtful that there are people deliberately setting up car accidents in order to get youtube hits. I hope the number of people filming crashes against random strangers on the highway are low, but crashes in a controlled environment are definitely happening to fill the market void. Heck, the demolition derby is a long standing American tradition. > I imagine that the market of people willing to pay money to watch a cow be abused is significantly smaller than the market for child porn. PETA makes money, and given their reach I expect significant amounts of money, from distributing such videos and similar content. Though I would suggest that money is not the only motivator. Like I mentioned in another post, people will create content just to know people are tuning in. Likewise, in software we create and distribute free and/or open source projects just for the satisfaction of knowing others are using what we have created. Money doesn't necessarily matter.