Fuck you, Harris Cohen, YouTube & Google!!

Google is being a prick now!!

There's an issue involving this site called "YouTube to MP3 Converter.org"

News:
www.youtube-mp3.org/help-us

Short story of it is, that Google feels that the site is threatening YouTube and Google itself. I don't know how, why or what they thought was threatening about the Converter site.

At first this was about Piracy and I thought it'd be a stupid reason if so. I always thought Piracy was about stealing content and then selling or using it for similar content.

I like the site, I don't really use the site but I don't consider it selling content, if it's Youtube and the content is free already.

Do you consider it stealing? I mean, I can understand why people feel that way but the thing is that:

If content is free in the first place, then why is it an issue for YouTube or Google? Most of the content on their sites are FREE!

It's like if your Grandma bakes cookies for you but doesn't want you to take any of them, even though she gave them for free before.

I admire ADoseofBuckley, Jon Oliver, and other people that talk or take action on certain issues, but I don't know how to feel about this kind of issue.

I like the site, and it's not like YouTube/Google makes money off it's own videos, so What's the harm?

I just hate corrupt businesses, organizations, etc getting away with taking down respected and legal sites.

If you guys have strong opinions on these types of issues, I can respect that.

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GreenReaper

8 years, 3 months ago

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I think the argument is that they are not free for YouTube. Aside from actually having to pay for the servers hosting them, they may also have to pay the music creators and distributors for downloads, and be required by them to try to stop people taking the songs to download and play elsewhere.

Every time you click on an ad, or in some cases see it, Google gets a bit of money. If a file is downloaded from their servers, it costs them money, and they don't get anything in return.

And, you know, at least Google just told them they couldn't do it anymore. RIAA actually filed a lawsuit.

As for your grandma, it's rather like a nearby store reaching through the window, taking the cookies and selling them itself. <g>

Waccoon

8 years ago

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Piracy isn't stealing (depriving a party of property), but it is infringement (duplicating property without permission).  As a society we're moving away from physical manufacturing and going towards services, and as such the cost in developing content is more relevant than the cost of manufacturing and distribution.  Like it or not, investment costs need to be reimbursed via licensing of content.  As such, infringement laws, such as those governing copyright, trademark, and patents, do need to be enforced, even though a lot of consumers don't agree with them.

It costs creators money to make content, and it costs YouTube to publish it.  When people circumvent the normal interfaces to download content, not only does it prevent makers and publishers from making revenue, it costs them money.

The real question is why YouTube doesn't allow you to download the content directly from their own site.  I believe they should allow that, since once you've seen the ads, you've "paid" for it.  Whether you should be able to store and archive content you've paid for is the question.  Consumers and "converters" generally say yes, people like YouTube, the MPAA, and the RIAA say no.

Incidentally, I'm a big advocate for ad blockers.  The catch is, there's too many malicious ads out there that will try to collect personal information or hack your computer, so an ad blocking tool is technically more of a security tool in my book.  For my safety, I don't feel like I have a choice but to use one.  If there was a way to secure web sites without blocking ads, I'd do that.  Alas, web browsers aren't really designed with security in mind, no matter how much they argue otherwise, so I insist on using my ad blocker anyway.

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