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Originally Posted by Biggy
Are we supposed to ignore the fact that this industry has well recognized brands?
The equivalent would be someone sitting behind Youtube, manually reviewing every video, and saying they didn't understand Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or other easily identifiable content was copyrighted material, and approving it. 
I am pretty sure someone who is fresh to the industry, and is given 10 minutes of training and a list of the biggest brands can sort that a video greater than 20 minutes in time-length, carrying a recognizable watermark and clear identifications of that brand, is piracy. I think ignoring this simple reality very much fits the definition of "willfully blind." That type of mentality certainly suits their bottom line at the expense of content creators, and everybody here knows it. |
Yes, but there are two points of view.. one is how YOU view it and the other one is how the LAWS view it. Yeah, the webmaster should understand there is a waterrmark of a well known company - that doesn't mean, he MUST know all paysites out there and all uploaders accounts.
There is no way to tell who uploaded the particular video and whether it is a legal upload or not.
Also, there are companies that actually let affiliates watermark their videos with a custom watermark. This again doesn't mean the upload is illegal, even though the content is well known.