Post by airbenderspirit on Jul 8, 2006 1:04:03 GMT -5
From Cartoon Brew:
The Brew aren't the only ones who responded. There are some other rants from:
Spite Your Face Productions
The Shelf Blog
Professional industry animators Mark Mayerson and John Kricfalusi.
Well... Screw YouTube, I guess.
So, what's new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of animated films from their site, deleted hundreds of user accounts, and in the process, alienated thousands of users who'll now be taking their business to other sites like DailyMotion. What is most disturbing about this indiscriminate purge of cartoons is that they've also removed dozens of public domain cartoons which were legally posted on their site. Warner shorts like Eatin' on the Cuff, Porky's Midnight Matinee, and A Day at the Zoo, as well as the Fleischer Superman shorts, are all films that have entered the public domain, and can be freely reedited, redistributed, and resold without permission from anybody. Unfortunately, YouTube has shown a woeful ignorance of copyright law and removed these films citing a baseless "terms of use violation" clause.
The Brew aren't the only ones who responded. There are some other rants from:
Spite Your Face Productions
The Shelf Blog
Professional industry animators Mark Mayerson and John Kricfalusi.
Well... Screw YouTube, I guess.
