The Monty Python shenanigans was a lot like a mobster shakedown, Youtube's own bot-networks were constantly uploading thousands of skits daily and in the end it cost Monty Python too much time to remove it that they had to start a channel. Once they had an established channel they could use Youtube's service for removing pirated skits.
Youtube have the ability to see what is in each clip uploaded as they're transcoded. For example, this guy had a Nazi flag in his video background, so to comply with some European countries laws this lip has been blocked from viewing in those countries. The clip owner has been notified via some auto-mail.
Apparently Youtube can auto detect nazi signs now, my Jontron vid is blocked in Germany, Israel and France and I only found out through fans pic.twitter.com/HGTjGVk8EH
— Dolan Dark (@DolanDark) March 25, 2017
You might ask yourself why isn't youtube using their graphical recognition skills to prevent uploads of things that are clearly trademarked (logos). They could easily prevent all uploads of pirated movies by recognising the intros. They already have a system in place that removes music from videos if they copyright holder has paid them to do so.
The problem is that this always puts the "little guy" in a bind. The people who can not afford to pay for youtubes service will have to manually remove the videos people have pirated from them. They have to waste time filing counter-claims on bot-caused DMCA claims that are false. Etc. Or in the case of Monty Python you end up in a "can't beat them join them" area. Once they became the center of all things video, we gave them the power to decide what video we get to watch. This was bound to happen.
Good point about the changing rooms, I can't see a red blooded american from Texas agreeing that their daughter should share a changing room with a male her age. I have a stereotypical idea of a man in an oversized cowboy hat getting his shotgun out and running across the ranch when the missus informs him of these new school rules.
Texans might not actually be like that, but it's an amusing image.
I read the news the other day that Title IX "gender" was changed back to "sex", and was utterly stunned that nobody seemed to realize that Title IX under Obama meant that men could apply for women's scholarships, and join women's sports teams. And win women's titles. There's more than peeing on the line here.
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