YouTube - not safe any more

[brihana25]

There is a thread on Kawoosh, started last summer, where we were discussing whether or not it was a good idea to be posting music videos to YouTube. Was the exposure something we, as a fandom, could withstand? Was the free hosting worth the very public venue? Would MGM take action against us

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Re: The Big Picture

[morgandawn]

I did skip over that aspect of her post - not because it is not important, but because it feeds into my main point. And let me be clear - it is extremely frustrating to lose creative control of your work and not be given credit.

But the unauthorized reposting of vids on Youtube leads back into the cultural shift that underlies (underlays??) online fandom (and I might argue online society) with fluid boundaries and effortless sharing. Youtube's success is built on the desire to share freely without permission or attribution.

This shift is what drives some of the positions people are taking in the post "You can't stop the signal" (I linked to it above).

My own personal wishes (don't share without permission. if you share without permission at least credit) don't matter that much in the big scheme of the cultural, technical and legal shifts - which brings me back to the need for us to build connections with each other, understand each other positions and focus on the bigger issues that we're all jointly facing (the losss of our ability to 'fairly use' our culture).

It does occurr to me that a personal LJ may not be the best place to host the discussion (waves to brihana) but the "Can't Stop The Signal" post may be a good place to continue.....