YouTube Purges 30,000 Copyright Files

Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:38 AM EDT

technology, japan, youtube, copyrights

Associated Press

This article is over 14 days old and has been removed by requirement of the Associated Press.

26 Votes
Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.

Published to:

Associated Press's Column, All of Newsvine
Groups: none
Regions: Japan , Tokyo

What's this?

Who's leading the conversation?

This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.

2.5

1.0

{"commentId":338208,"authorDomain":"XLence"}

XLence

That is a lot of videos.

{"commentId":338208,"threadId":"48967","contentId":"408005","authorDomain":"XLence"}

1 vote

#1 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:59 PM EDT

{"commentId":338216,"authorDomain":"lioness"}

lionessrulez

Grouper and Bolt.com got sued by Universal only recently.. so I can imagine..

{"commentId":338216,"threadId":"48967","contentId":"408005","authorDomain":"lioness"}

#2 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:06 PM EDT

{"commentId":338246,"authorDomain":"vincentgrayson"}

Vincent Grayson

I wonder if most of that wasn't the absurd amount of full anime episodes I see posted on the site. It would be nice if they'd make such things available for official and high quality download, I wager that'd make them a nice chunk of change (and adding subs to shows obviously isn't too hard, since small groups of fans do it pretty quickly)

{"commentId":338246,"threadId":"48967","contentId":"408005","authorDomain":"vincentgrayson"}

2 votes

#3 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:25 PM EDT

{"commentId":338615,"authorDomain":"cqtech"}

Cary Quinn

It sounds like it was more than just anime, although that was probably a major portion of the items removed.

I'm trying to get a better idea of what titles may have been removed, to see if your theory pans out. In the meantime, there was an interesting side analysis of the situation posted at:

http://www.computers.net/2006/10/youtube_removes.html

Followup: Apparently the request did not include all the anime titles, as I am seeing reports of some anime still being up there. Of course, there is nothing to stop this group from making a similar request for removal of copywritten items again.

{"commentId":338615,"threadId":"48967","contentId":"408005","authorDomain":"cqtech"}

#3.1 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:11 PM EDT

{"commentId":339130,"authorDomain":"kikaiju"}

kikaiju

I am mixed on this.

Go JASRAC! For finally standing up and doing something about the rampant copyright infringement going on outside Japan. Now go stomp the professional video pirates and bootleggers! Alion, SM, EverAnime? Hello? Actual physical media? Bust them.

Boo JASRAC! For taking down videos we can't get even if we want to pay for them.

I can't remember the last time JASRAC actually did any enforcement outside Japan. This is somewhat unprecedented.

{"commentId":339130,"threadId":"48967","contentId":"408005","authorDomain":"kikaiju"}

1 vote

#4 - Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:12 AM EDT

{"commentId":341764,"authorDomain":"vincentgrayson"}

Vincent Grayson

Man, I got so many SM cds back in the day, long before I had any idea they were bootleg. I just thought I got lucky finding copies of older CDs for cheap :(

{"commentId":341764,"threadId":"48967","contentId":"408005","authorDomain":"vincentgrayson"}

#4.1 - Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:17 AM EDT

{"canLink":false,"threadId":"48967","isPrivate":false}

Google and YouTube \| Two kings get together \| Economist.com	The Economist	Wed Oct 18	0
YouTube erases 29,549 clips on Japan media demand	Reuters	Fri Oct 20	0
YouTube erases 29,549 clips on Japan media demand - Oct. 20, 2006	CNN	Sun Oct 22	0
GooTube is Dead - annalee newitz	AlterNet.org	Tue Oct 17	2
Universal Music Group Sues Two Web Sites	Associated Press	Tue Oct 17	1

Backyard

YouTube Purges 30,000 Copyright Files

Published to:

FUN STUFF:

COMPANY STUFF:

LEGAL STUFF: