Like when Fox just sued to get the name of the guy that uploaded the entire first 2 episodes or something of 24 to YouTube. And I just want to grab the guy that did it and smack him, you damn moron, why did you upload that? Why would I want to watch it in a dozen 10 minute clips anyway when I can just bit torrent it?

I’m not sure whether you meant that to be funny or not, but I was laughing pretty hard after reading it. This makes me wonder what will happen with DailyMotion since it is the primary host for all of the videos on sites like PeekVid. It also has all of the episodes of 24 for every season I think…I haven’t looked into it but I assume that DailyMotion is located in some other country which is the reason it can get around this issue?

When the story broke 2 weeks ago about Fox suing YouTube to get the name of the person that uploaded em, people were saying ohh YouTube better not give in, and I was saying I hope they do hand it over because the guys a jackass. YouTube is not the place for full episodes, bit torrent is, and hes not a copyright law radical geek that should be protected like the rest of us, hes a jackass that makes us all look bad.

Like when Fox just sued to get the name of the guy that uploaded the entire first 2 episodes or something of 24 to YouTube. And I just want to grab the guy that did it and smack him, you damn moron, why did you upload that? Why would I want to watch it in a dozen 10 minute clips anyway when I can just bit torrent it?

All these idiots do by uploading content in its entirety like this, besides being able to brag to their friends for a few days how cool they are, is ruin it for everyone. 99% of other Youtube users are legitimately enjoying their selected short clips from shows, and then they have to go and upload the ENTIRE show to it, and make everyone that uses the site look like a complete pirate.

Its always the few that ruin it for the many.

@xpgeek: You’re completely right that it takes forever for these huge networks to make their shows available online, and they need to realize this is a huge problem because a lot of users look for interesting shows to watch by viewing clips online. I don’t think I’ve even seen a full episode of a TV show on YouTube in a long time, so why they’re complaining is beyond me.

I find it funny how these massive old school media companies think lawsuits are the answers to making their money, it only further disenfranchises the audience. They must learn to evolve with the industry or they’ll be left behind (dinosaurs will die). Ad revenue sharing is something I expected YouTube to do, if they crossed the chasm, as it’s the best way to ward off lawsuits and allow the industry of television to further grow with the Internet. Furthermore sharing revenue with it’s users was also a great move that I knew they couldn’t deny at this stage in the game, as they were already striking deals with major media companies. The moves YouTube are making, are exactly in line with what they should be doing, it allows them to maintain videos that are so popular on their site, while doing it all in a legal and fair way to both media companies and it’s users.

Unfortunately media companies like Viacom simply doesn’t realize that there is a vastly untapped Internet video market, that they will not have the same ability to monopolize and control it much in the way they can with television, thankfully as the Internet is playing a huge role in the democratization of information and media. It’s in their best interest to comply with a deal with YouTube, as they’ll be unable to adequately compete on the Internet video market, and will further cause them to lose profits by not tapping into the Internet video market, which will over the next 5 years will become massive, as it already has taken off incredible fast.

Like NBC gets Saturday Night Live clips taken down from YouTube almost immediately all the time, and I ask, is there another way for me to see this clip? Besides me waiting ten years for NBC to put out a ‘best of’ dvd set?

There needs to be some changes to the copyright laws in this country, for movies too. If ask me, if a network and or studio is not actually selling the content, making the tv show / movie available to be obtained by the public, then it shouldn’t be illegal to steal it. It should be ok to download it / watch it online, because there is no other way to see it, and they are not really losing money because of it, because they’re not selling it or making it available themselves, so even the advertising revenue is money they weren’t going to make for themselves anyway.

And the biggest thing the networks just can’t get through their heads is, seeing so many great and funny clips from a show does not make me actually watch the show on tv less, it makes me watch it more.

Take them down today, and they’ll be back up tomorrow.