YouTube Set To Filter Content

An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld reports that Google is racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube and will soon offer antipiracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing. But YouTube has also said that the process of identifying copyrighted material is not automated and will require the cooperation of media company partners."

Comments

Re:Make them watch it all

[cdrudge]

I'd rather imagine being the lucky guy that DOESN'T have to watch 100 Britney videos, every day, as his job.

Consistency. please

[poptones]

So... they just produce "crap," but then people post it and many people watch and enjoy it. Or... it's not piracy if it's crap?

Ultimately they may be shooting themselves in the foot, but the fact is there are LOTS of shows and movies posted on youtube in their entirety. They're idiots if they start taking down short "best of" clips, but I don't think Youtube was ever envisioned as a place where you could go add the complete Boondock Saints to your playlist.

Re:Make them watch it all

[robot_lords_of_tokyo]

I mean, we all heard about the publicity for the leaked 24 episodes -- if they could do something like that on purpose, along with a coordinated marketing flood on the "traditional" media, they could clean up.

Who says it wasn't done on purpose...