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Uploaded by on Jun 20, 2011

http://chris.pirillo.com/does-youtube-make-piracy-easier/ To me, the answer is both yes and no. It would be foolish of anyone to state that YouTube is either completely original or totally pirated content. Pirates will find a way around algorithms one way or another, and by its very nature, YouTube makes uploading and sharing media easier and cheaper. YouTube has taken strong steps to combat piracy, though it is certainly not free of it quite yet.

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  • Download burn delete

  • we are not pirates... pirates attack ships

  • when you steal you take the original when you pirate you make a copy...

  • SOPA just got passed, should make this into a far more 'interesting' debate! Oops, hope I don't get my internet cut off for saying that :o

  • @iRHAPEzombiies true.. You decide rather you wanna support the makers or just download their stuff..

    I myself love 70-80's music.. I can by now tell you that they made there money back then! Should i still buy their albums? I can't find a reason why i should..

  • If you share or sell pirated movies, games or music it's illegal. If you keep it for yourself it's perfectly fine.

  • on repeat at 0:20

  • I download pirated/cracked/ripped files but I also buy things I really like. For example I like to download a game to try it before I buy it for myself.And piracy is ilegal only if you burn CD's/DVD's and then sell them .But if you download and keep for yourself it's ok.

  • Blurring the line between piracy and plagiarism. It's even ridiculous to even think that Youtube contributes to piracy, given all of the ways that information is actually shared.

    Even worse, the argument for 'stealing', implying that something is lost when content is copied, or that money is owed to people that list a price next to their stuff.

    Ah well.

  • just cracked black ops! lol

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