4chan at it again

Didnt bother reading all the posts, but the most influencial person on the planet according to the Times is the guy who created 4chan. He beat off competition like Obama etc

I think that's because 4vhan influenced the poll. They also had the first letter of each name spell out a word if I remember correctly.

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I'm never quite sure whether i should laugh at some of the stuff 4chan do.

I did, however, definately laugh in a packed rush hour train at the report in the Metro, which ended with "4chan declared Wednesday, Porn Day".
 
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you heard it here first :)

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Every other video I click on youtube says "Not available in your country" or the sound is disabled. It's beyond a joke now.
 
Every other video I click on youtube says "Not available in your country" or the sound is disabled. It's beyond a joke now.

You should probably know this isn't strictly YouTube's fault at all, they are in a process of negotiating with few record labels, mainly Universal, over studios demanding removal of all content that features their videos or music.

Studios make pretty dosh selling exclusive digital rights per region to various companies around the world, and that exclusivity (with large price tag attached to it) is worthless the moment any site can link video or fan videos from youtube. So labels and lawyers are now chasing that with paperwork and youtube, if anything, is actually trying to shake the lot off their back while protecting freedom of people posting their content.

Maybe they will loose to corporate greed in the end and will have to comply like other sharing sites or shoutcast stations had to, but in the process of that happening unfortunately there has to be some compliance for legal reasons. And I suppose bunch of meme watchers posting porn doesn't really help the issue much.
 
You would think Record Labels would be happy to have their band's music in people's videos. Just shows record labels are only concerned with money.
 
I agree youtube are getting ridiculous. This guy I know loves making boxing highlight videos for fun. There is no harm in these, no broadcaster is losing ppv buys for sticking a bunch of fight clips together, yet they have deleted his account twice for copyright issues.

He has made around 100 videos and spent hours on them. It was great to see the progression he has made, but now he only has 4 videos on his new account.

Does this type of video deserve to be deleted. Surely they should waste their time actually removing videos that do violate laws. So I agree youtube getting there just deserves.

 
Does this type of video (boxing) deserve to be deleted. Surely they should waste their time actually removing videos that do violate laws. So I agree youtube getting there just deserves.

Once again, footage, just because it's old, isn't necessarily public domain. If you own rights to archive footage you bet your four letters there is money in it. Every time someone mentions a name and the footage is shown, it's katching, every time ESPN Classic wants to do boxing marathon, it's katching. Relatively little in media is actually free. Hell - even "Happy Birthday to You" is not free, copyrights to this 19th century tune were sold in 1990ies for whooping $5 million dollars and until copyrights expire in 2030 the company who owns the rights charges $10,000 in royalties every time you want to capture another Marylin Monroe "Mr. President" pastiche to show on TV or on film. Which is why any large company, from your local restaurant to a corporate event, will come up with some stupid happy birthday chant, otherwise it costs them money for performing copyrighted song in public.

It's easy to jump on Youtube for removing videos, just like it's easy to jump on eBay for removing items without checking, but that's how fun on the net always ends - the moment something becomes overly popular, at some point some Ermenegildo Zegna tie wearing, Yale pijama sporting two pence worth of a glorified ambulance chaser with trust fund will try to impress his boss at morning meeting by pulling "we could sue google for boxing videos on behalf of our client Pookepsie Television Network" card just to climb career ladder. In fact, it's more than probable, that with large enough coverage and few retarded "they call themselves Memes, but are they home grown terrorists" American TV features the copyright owners for the "Kuma" and the agency behind Xibits "And then I was like.." mug photo shoot would crawl out from woodwork armed with snarling lawyers ready to pull all the pedo bear and "we put car in your car" pictures down from most sites and search engines.
 
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haha I love 4chan... but I'm still to scared to actually go on the site :D. I think I remember the habbo hotel thing... it was in some magazine and looked fun, but when I tried it all the areas were blocked... only now do I understand.
 
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