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Beyond the tech circles, I bet nobody really cares about this at all.

• venomsnake 12y ago
  Make mass takedowns harder and you will have a lot of increased traffic in youtube. And more popular too. Google also have the legal funds to win cases now.
• InclinedPlane 12y ago
  Oh, they care. It's a huge problem. Spend a ton of effort putting up a let's play video or a review of, say, a video game only to have it taken down or the revenue snatched away. Or, have someone abuse the system against you, which happens, and be forced to struggle through the kafkaesque bureacratic nightmare to get things fixed. Dealing with the broken aspects of content-id and the particular way youtube has implemented DMCA compliance adds a significant amount of hassle and overhead to a great number of folks who make content on the site.
• fpgeek 12y ago
  I'd make a stronger statement: Outside tech circles I'd bet that, in practice, the vast majority of YouTube viewers would abandon it in droves if YouTube removed Content ID. I'm sure they don't like Content ID in the abstract (and plenty may be frustrated by personal encounters with it), but I bet most of them care far more about the first-party content on YouTube from the entertainment industry that the Content ID "treaty" has made possible.
  • venomsnake 12y ago
    Yeah. I love the gray screen with a smiley face - this is not allowed in your country. I have spend so much time enjoying the content. Also content ID take a lot of parodies and analyzes and gaming reviews.
• TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  It's a massive problem. What's are things that are big on YouTube? Gaming, reviews and mashups. What do Content ID and DMCA takedowns hurt? Gaming, reviews and mashups.