
YouTube: The Big Copyright Lie - nickb
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000972.html
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cstejerean
Well, it's interesting what YouTube is doing. Their policy is simply there to
cover themselves legally and shift the blame to the users. However this opt-
out policy allows them to host the videos and continue making money (or at
least getting traffic) from them until the copyright owner calls to complain.

In YouTube's defense, it's nearly impossible to verify the copyright of user
supplied content and since YouTube is simply offering to provide hosting of
user supplied content it shouldn't be liable for copyright infringements just
as your ISP is not liable if you decide to post illegal material on their
servers. They will remove the material (and possibly terminate your account)
if someone reports the violation.

