Chad Hurley (co-founder of YouTube) and Michael Robertson (counder of MP3.com)

by Nalts on July 31, 2006

Here’s a video from ZDNet that features part of a round table about consumer-generated media at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit in Palo Alto, Calif. At first I’m bored by Chad. Then Michael kicks in, and I almost think we’ll have an intelligent debate. But it seems like the themes are:

  • YouTube is creating a stage that anyone can play on
  • The copyright violations isn’t YouTube, it’s the submitters
  • In the end, YouTube isn’t accountable as long as it agrees to remove something when a copyright owner complains.

Wrong, wrong and wrong. YouTube is amassing a huge audience. Will everyone have their moment, or will that go to the content that can sell the most ads? YouTube certainly bears responsibility for hosting videos that are clearly stolen. Do a search for any brand name or television show.

Finally… I’m getting sick of this “if they complain we’ll take it down.” That’s like me borrowing Hurley’s car and telling him that he can call me on my cell if he needs it back.

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