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YouTube Co-founder Calls For Global Access To TV Online
An anonymous reader writes "YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley says internet users should be able to legitimately watch content from anywhere in the world at any time. He says the days of national TV networks controlling the global online rights to shows has to end. 'I think the business models are breaking down and the companies that are going to win in this new world are the ones that make it as easy as possible for the consumers to consume the content wherever and whenever they want.' Hurley also says YouTube will be bidding for more online live sports."
Copyright must be thrown into the dumpster. There is no other way around it. The right to distribute and share belongs to everybody.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Why shouldn't someone in rural Nebraska or Korea have the same right to an obscure band as someone who lives in NYC with access to record shops stocking obscure content?
Because then they ignore their local art if they pay attention to far-away art. There is no benefit for a Korean to listen to a Williamsburg band. Tell them to go listen to their local fucking band. Their local band is just as bad as a Williamsburg band.
And, no, they're not going to have time to focus on local art if they cared about far-away art, as time is the ultimate limited.
If you want everyone in the world to be the same and destroy all cultures, then, sure, go ahead and make information free.