Posted by Skip on 12/04/06 13:31

"Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote in message news:4573e69e$1@clear.net.nz...
> Now that it's easy to put your digital photographs and movies on to a
> video sharing site, such as "youtube", the question of whether copyright
> infringements really harm the copyright holders is now a hot topic. See,
> for example, the article titled:
>
> Youtube copyright infringements are not all bad for the copyright holders?
>
> http://fredhere.blogspot.com/
>
> What do you think of the arguments in this blog? Should copyright holders
> take a broad view and tolerate copyright infringements on youtube as is
> suggested in this blog?
>
> See also the youtube site: http://www.youtube.com/
>
>
>
>

Only if proper attribution is given by the person who posts the copyrighted
material. And, then, copyright infringement is arguable, at that point.
Too often, material is put up without attribution, and there's no way for
the viewer to hunt down and purchase the original, if so inclined.

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Skip Middleton
www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
www.pbase.com/skipm

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