YouTube ethics
Feb. 27th, 2007 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderbraidsLook, I'm sick and tired of YouTubers deliberately overloading their vid descriptions with words that have nothing to do with the video at hand. I just searched for clips of Al Gore at the Oscars, and I found tons of clips that have nothing to do with Al Gore or the Oscars, but happen to have both keywords in their frivolous "This video has nothing to do with" lists. If you want to get people to watch your video, why not just do it honestly? (And if the YouTube TPTB can delete videos for being illegal, why not edit descriptions to not trick the search engine?)
Of course, there's also the issue of putting stuff that is ABSO-BLOODY-LUTELY illegal. I can understand putting up short isolated clips and stuff, but putting like whole episodes of your favorite TV show? It just doesn't make sense. (In fact, I do recall one of my online friends saying that she doesn't go to YouTube because of this... although the fact she has a dial-up connection also might factor in, too.)
I will go on the record to say that I do neither of these. Ethical all the way!
Of course, there's also the issue of putting stuff that is ABSO-BLOODY-LUTELY illegal. I can understand putting up short isolated clips and stuff, but putting like whole episodes of your favorite TV show? It just doesn't make sense. (In fact, I do recall one of my online friends saying that she doesn't go to YouTube because of this... although the fact she has a dial-up connection also might factor in, too.)
I will go on the record to say that I do neither of these. Ethical all the way!
