YouTube Takedowns As Extortion

[OP-ED] While we've already seen plenty of evidence that giving people the ability to takedown someone else's content will inevitably abused, we see a new evolution on the issue, with someone. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week, the most popular and often viewed posts from the pages of Hypebot included a look at the consumption vs. revenue gap on YouTube, how to get one's work. Continue reading

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Every Time A Piracy Rock Is Turned Over, White Nationalists, Nazi’s, Bigots Scurry Out – Why?

It seems that any deep exploration of the pro-piracy movement will often connect back (with alarming regularity) to white nationalists and adjacent bigotry, with notable figures such as Kim Dotcom. Continue reading

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Music Industry Paints Target On YouTube Ripping Sites, Despite Many Non-Infringing Uses [Op-Ed]

Stream ripping,  particularly from YouTube,  has become a top source of music piracy. But  putting YouTube to MP3 conversion sites in the music industry's crosshairs is shortsighted argues Timothy Geigner of Techdirt

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