[Source: Steve Garfield.com]
An article in USA Today states that 'YouTube, the leader in Internet video search, said Sunday viewers are now watching more than 100 million videos per day on its site, marking the surge in demand for its "snack-sized" video fare.'
YouTube holds the top position in online video with 29% of the U.S. multimedia entertainment market, according to the latest weekly data from Web measurement site Hitwise (USA Today).
However, YouTube has raised many concerns because of some videos that are insulting to certain parties. For example, the Pakistani government once blocked this video sharing site from its citizens (VlogBlog.com). The reason was that YouTube had content that the Pakistani government deemed insulting to Islam. Not only did they block the site at first, further they were able to hijack the server address that caused many other countries affected too. (VlogBlog.com)
However, many of the videos posted up on video sharing sites are infringing on copyrights of some content creators (Malik 2006).
As a solution, YouTube issued an e-mail statement that said:
“All of the content on YouTube — including videos, comments, and ratings — is posted at the direction of users. We take copyright issues very seriously. Our terms of use make it clear that
users should own or have permission from copyright holders to post any videos. We encourage copyright holders to contact us appropriately if they have any objections about specific postings.”
References
Malik O 2006, Google, You Tube & Dark Side of Online Video, viewed 9 November 2008, <http://gigaom.com/2006/01/15/google-you-tube-dark-side-online-video/>
YouTube holds the top position in online video with 29% of the U.S. multimedia entertainment market, according to the latest weekly data from Web measurement site Hitwise (USA Today).
However, YouTube has raised many concerns because of some videos that are insulting to certain parties. For example, the Pakistani government once blocked this video sharing site from its citizens (VlogBlog.com). The reason was that YouTube had content that the Pakistani government deemed insulting to Islam. Not only did they block the site at first, further they were able to hijack the server address that caused many other countries affected too. (VlogBlog.com)
However, many of the videos posted up on video sharing sites are infringing on copyrights of some content creators (Malik 2006).
As a solution, YouTube issued an e-mail statement that said:
“All of the content on YouTube — including videos, comments, and ratings — is posted at the direction of users. We take copyright issues very seriously. Our terms of use make it clear that
users should own or have permission from copyright holders to post any videos. We encourage copyright holders to contact us appropriately if they have any objections about specific postings.”
References
Malik O 2006, Google, You Tube & Dark Side of Online Video, viewed 9 November 2008, <http://gigaom.com/2006/01/15/google-you-tube-dark-side-online-video/>
VlogBlog.com, Pakistan Breaks YouTube, viwed 9 November 2008, <http://www.vlogblog.com/index.php/archives/2008/02/26/pakistan-breaks-youtube/>
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