WTF Happened to Youtube over the weekend?
 

I come back from a drunken weekend and suddenly half the music vids in my favourites are unavailable. Ghey.

we control the internet now www.wctin.com

Mine seem ok.:thumbsup

noticed no changes here, maybe your taste is a little bit differnet :-)

I know Viacom dropped the hammer on them and ordered them to remove like 100,000+ of vides

Ok, I think this may have something to do with it:

http://www.mindblend.net/images/youtube.jpg

Ya beat me space glider ;)

Correct.

They said that since Google is making billions, it's time to share the wealth.

:disgust

well, google is using 'stolen content' so...

Youtabe rocks......

right or wrong, copywritten material is the only reason it ever got as big as it did. Once people can't go there to see the things they want to see anymore, they'll stop going.

Everything is fine on this end.

Nothing wrong here. Youtube is working great,as usual. I think it`s one of the best web sites on the Internet.

Yeah but it seems likely that youtube will start placing short pre-roll ads, post-roll ads, etc on certain (i.e. director vids) videos shortly (they announced they will start profit sharing with everyone shortly and made brief mention of 3 second pre-roll ads, etc). With Google's ability to monetize ads I am sure they will reward the big networks handsomely for either allowing or posting content on the website. Still, considering how big networks like Viacom, etc are they may still tell them to fuck off out of fear of change, but I am sure it will increase the quality of legit vids on there.

Correctamundo.

no more southpark there:(

This was inevitable.
Nobody seemed to learn anything from the Napster case.

youtube has gone the way of the goat :( :Oh crap

Curry goat is really yummy.

you tube is getting strict

youtube isn't getting strict, they could care less about copyright violations... thats their whole business model after all! the only reason they are pulling videos is because they are being forced to..

If I had a warehouse full of stolen "content" the police would arrest me for numerous felonies. Imagine the look on the judges face if my defense was "I can't help what others bring to me"