Originally Posted by marketsmart

here's what i dont get... try to submit a watermarked video to the bigger tube sites and they will shit can it unless you are an advertiser or doing pay per upload..

a friend of mine submitted a watermarked video to one larger tube site and they even had the balls to email him and say they rejected his video because it was watermarked and he wasnt an advertiser..

so, if they can look for watermarks, then why cant they look for theft...

finally, what content owner is going to upload his content to a tubesite with no watermark or any means of monetizing his content?

the answer is NONE..

so, by default, any video that is uploaded by an end user is almost 100% probability stolen or used without copyright holder permission..

i keep wondering if this practice doesnt somehow violate the safe harbor act..