Do a quick YouTube search of "Hey Jude" and you'll see the same thing as in the Google search. There are thousands of movies having something to do with the song and again the artist receives no compensation. While you can't download YouTube videos (easily) there still has to be a line where the use of payed media cannot be put in something free that the whole world has access to. A DRM system in YouTube would be almost impossible to pull off, but I believe something needs to be done.
Friday, April 2, 2010
DRM
Do a quick Google search for "Hey Jude" and you'll discovery quite fast that the Internet holds thousands and thousands of links to a copy of The Beatles' famed song, a vast majority offering a free download of it. It is the redistribution of an artists work without any compensation and it has caused a large problem in Internet media. The Internet is a digital rights nightmare right now. Artists and authors are not receiving the compensation for their work like they should. The argument is should all these forms of media have some sort of DRM on them, limiting their travel illegally around the web. I believe they should. Artists spend a lot of time writing, creating music, and creating other forms of media. It only seems they should receive compensation they deserve.
I fully agree with you in that it is outright wrong for individuals to be able to illegally download copyrighted materials from artists. Musical artists (and non-musical) spend years creating work that they deem good enough to share with the entire world and it is outright wrong that their hard work can be stolen in a matter of seconds.
ReplyDeleteThe popularity of YouTube would be severely dampened if every single video that features a song or something similar had to be produced by the original artist. Sure, many videos cite the songs that are used, but many of these videos wouldn't exist since they would be using a song without permission. These videos can easily be stolen for mp3 purposes, which I agree is a huge problem. For example, and homemade music video for a song can be simply converted to MP3 form and the download-er instantly has the song used in the video. Definitely a problem that needs to be addressed.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the redistribution of the author's work has caused a large problem in our society today. Many artists are not receiving compensation for the number of people who actually listen to or watch their work. However, I don't believe that a law will ever be passed enforcing DRM on sites such as YouTube; and not just because it can not be feasibly done for now.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your point of view on the topic of copyrights with regards to YouTube. Although the Beatles aren't receiving any monetary compensation for the use of their song in these short clips, they are receiving intellectual compensation. No one is claiming to have written the song in place of the Beatles. I find that these videos using the music of known artists is just like using a quote in a paper, and you reference them in a works cited page. This is just a different forms, the fact that you find these videos under the search of "Hey Jude" is compensation enough for the Beatles and it is making them more famous if that is even possible.
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