Japan's legions of smelly old men in bad suits are tilting at windmills again, as the country's copyright-protection groups and various entertainment-related bodies band together to .
This time, performing-rights group JASRAC, Yahoo and an entire murder of TV stations (apparently, that's the correct collective noun for them) are asking YouTube to delete clips, stop spreading the Good Word about their zany shee-at and start checking permissions proactively.
Sure, copyright exists for a very important reason but alienating fans over a principle as outdated as one that says even short clips constitute a breach is plain stupid.
Just like the home taping of the 1980s was never "killing music," sharing parts of shows only fosters interest in the material.
Check out the link below to my piece over at DH for the rest of the story as well as a few choice moments from the wonder that is Japanese television, .
Let us know what you think about this story.
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sharing parts of shows only fosters interest in the material.
See, the CEO in me just can't follow the logic there..
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Logic --> Viewer sees part of TV show in grainy web video --> Viewer desires to see the rest, regularly and in decent quality --> Show provider gains audience.
It's happened to me dozens of times, particularly with Japanese TV and I'm clearly not alone.
Naturally, illegally downloading full shows or films is not in the copyright owners' interests but clips need to be seen as akin to movie trailers, surely?
Please keep on topic. Anything irrelevant or inappropriate will be exterminated.
Play nicely and you're good to go, thanks.
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