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Viewing YouTube as a pawn shop
Why would a store owner "police his store" for stolen goods? Each person who sells goods to him for resale have agreed to a contract that sorts those details like point of origin, manufacturer, method of delivery, etc, etc, etc.

But ultimately it ends up sitting on the owner's shelf.

The owner of a pawn shop can get arrested for receiving stolen property. He can't just say, "I didn't know", so then why should YouTube be any different?

The owner of the pawn shop shouldn't have to be responsible for researching if an item he is receiving is stolen or not, right?
But he is.

Youtube works in much the same way: the general public "brings in" the items to be displayed on YouTubes site, Hopefully where both parties involved will profit from it.
Posted by: John Zern   Posted on: 05/07/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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mine, Mine, MINE!  BitTwiddler | 05/07/07
But it is theirs...  johnrdupree | 05/07/07
So if I take your car  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
copies  mist42nz | 05/07/07
If you take a low-res picture of my car...  tic swayback | 05/07/07
Old-school bites back! Again.  oskarf | 05/07/07
Not a bit.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Again with the stealing content  oskarf | 05/07/07
Network using of clips is not stealing  John Zern | 05/07/07
It is stolen content  johnrdupree | 05/07/07
Nice fantacy, but thats all it is.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
The difference is that YouTube isn't stealing.  gotitright | 05/07/07
Recieveing stolen property is not an excuss  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Sounds like Napster's old argument  flatliner | 05/07/07
I have said all along, Google made a MASSIVE  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Keep on saying it then. It proves nothing  gotitright | 05/07/07
Stay tuned to Court TV  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
LOL  James T. Kirk | 05/07/07
I think you watch way too much TV!  B.O.F.H. | 05/07/07
You think???? Buwahahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
You watched TV for 40 hours per week while working.  Grayson Peddie | 05/07/07
Nothing proven yet  tic swayback | 05/07/07
YouTube or YouDude?  castilloa52 | 05/07/07
Who is responsible?  atmusky | 05/07/07
Who is responsible for what's on your property?  John Zern | 05/07/07
Not quite....  James T. Kirk | 05/07/07
Viewing YouTube as a pawn shop  John Zern | 05/07/07
The law says so  johnrdupree | 05/07/07
How nice!  James T. Kirk | 05/07/07
Dont' Agree  atmusky | 05/07/07
Recieving stolen property for profit is illegal.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Again, not quite.  James T. Kirk | 05/07/07
That is what the courts are deciding right?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Only one thing is a hard cold fact....  James T. Kirk | 05/07/07
On that we agree 100%! AND...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Still Don't agree  atmusky | 05/07/07
Bzzzt.. Goggle (YouTube) are in it for the money...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
So What?  atmusky | 05/07/07
So What? Its illegal to make money from stolen goods.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
I only stored the illegal drugs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Again Not what Google Does  atmusky | 05/07/07
That is EXACTLLY what they do.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
MySpace?  justanitguy | 05/07/07
Knowingly receiving, I agree  magcomment | 05/07/07
This Is Insane  ParrotHeadFL | 05/07/07
Yes, recieving stolen goods is insane.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
If you know it's stolen  johnrdupree | 05/07/07
Gee, and how hard is that?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/07/07
Message has been deleted.  johnrdupree | 05/07/07
Maybe they can  johnrdupree | 05/07/07
How do you propose they do that?  tic swayback | 05/07/07
Apples and Oranges  ParrotHeadFL | 05/08/07
Verboten Fruit  mighetto | 05/07/07
verboten fruit  alanrobisch2@... | 05/07/07
Not a problem until Google bought them  OhioCopTech | 05/07/07
It WAS a problem before Google came along  flatliner | 05/07/07
My point exactly...  OhioCopTech | 05/07/07

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