I can easily find music videos for virtually any song -- in high quality audio! Moreover, I can search for these songs. Why did Napster get the axe, while YouTube remains operational?
2007-09-29 14:01:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ YouTube
Simple, Youtube is a video format that does not allow you to download the audio or video in a USABLE format. You can watch it but you can’t touch it.
Now this does not mean you can't pipe it into a recorder of some sort but that would be very laborious.
Napster on the other hand allowed you to simply download copyrighted material. That is the main difference.
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Taken from Youtube web site:
Youtube has struck numerous partnership deals with content providers such as CBS, BBC, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group, NBA, The Sundance Channel and many more.
Copyright infringement:
If you are the copyright owner of a video and feel it has been uploaded without your permission, please follow these directions to submit a copyright infringement notice.
Please note that if a person suspects there is copyright infringement, Youtube will remove the content.
Unlike Napster 99% of the content was copyrighted and you could download it in a USABLE format that is easily converted and transmitted.
So the people that jump on the band wagon and say it is illegal because there is copyrighted information SHOULD look to see if the content has been authorized for use, because if the owner of the music complains Youtube will remove it.
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Hope this helps
Ðan
2007-09-29 14:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The short answers is, it is ILLEGAL.
Without permission from the copyright owner, distribution of copyrighted works in any form is a violation of United States law.
Some have indicated their [false] assumption that because YouTube is a "broadcast" format as opposed to a digital music file [mp3] it is legal. This is simply not correct. You cannot broadcast anything without the permission of the copyright owner. Even radio stations have to pay fees to obtain broadcast rights for the content they air.
Moreover, YouTube content is transmitted via files known as SWF -- Adobe Flash videos. These are implicitly stored on your computer in the Temporary Internet files folder so you are indeed downloading the content.
Don't be fooled -- if you're streaming copyrighted works, illegal content (eg. child porn, etc.) on YouTube, you are in complete violation of the law and are subject to prosecution.
2007-09-29 14:17:27 · answer #2 · answered by mdigitale 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would go with Daniel B....Youtube is for video broadcasting of a wide range of video's (i.e music, clips of movies and tv shows, etc.) while Napster used a P2P (Peer 2 Peer) tech that pretty much let you download (straight to your PC) while Youtube you can't even download the video to your PC...
2007-09-29 14:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by Brian E 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because on YouTube you are streaming the videos instead of saving them to your computer, so there is no file transfer going on short of the temporary file that allows it to work.
U can't just play the videos on your computer- you have to go to youtube to view them.
No file transfer, no copyright violation.
2007-09-29 14:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by ThE_HooLiGaN 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
High quality AUDIO the youtube screen is usually blurry and pixelated.
2007-09-29 14:07:11 · answer #5 · answered by SadChick 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
perhaps its easier to ask why would it be illigal?
its Broadcasting, an amendment protects it. as long as you don't save it. napster was (and is) for downloading, youtube is for broadcasting.
2007-09-29 14:06:04 · answer #6 · answered by oldarney 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why wouldn't it be ilegal? there is nothing wrong with it.. i think...
2007-09-29 14:17:51 · answer #7 · answered by sara 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋