Does YouTube really think that this will reduce the amount of copyright infringement on their site?
And although YouTube thinks that this will educate people about copyright, what it really does is show how little the owners of YouTube know about copyright.
In the video, it says that "copyright is a form of protection for creative works". This is, in fact, a complete, upside-down misunderstanding of copyright law.
Copyright law is not supposed to "protect" content. That's not it's purpose. What copyright law is supposed to do is promote art and science by giving copyright owners limited rights to their creations for a limited period of time.
To describe copyright law as "protection" is wrong. Copyright infringement does not, in any case, "harm" content.
Here is an article that explains the true purpose of copyright:
This is so stupid.
Does YouTube really think that this will reduce the amount of copyright infringement on their site?
And although YouTube thinks that this will educate people about copyright, what it really does is show how little the owners of YouTube know about copyright.
In the video, it says that "copyright is a form of protection for creative works". This is, in fact, a complete, upside-down misunderstanding of copyright law.
Copyright law is not supposed to "protect" content. That's not it's purpose. What copyright law is supposed to do is promote art and science by giving copyright owners limited rights to their creations for a limited period of time.
To describe copyright law as "protection" is wrong. Copyright infringement does not, in any case, "harm" content.
Here is an article that explains the true purpose of copyright:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html