Why does ABS-CBN cites YouTube as their video source?
ABS-CBN has been really mad at people who upload clips from their shows (or even the whole show itself) on video sharing sites. A lot of these illegally posted clips are being deleted as soon as they have been found or reported. I just don’t know why ABS-CBN hates YouTube people but these YouTube people would end up as their source for video clips too.
Copyright. Copyright. Copyright. I know.
YouTube has been a haven for television fans that misses a portion of their favorite television shows. There are a lot of people who religiously upload episodes and or portions of certain TV shows on YouTube for people who have missed them. The people who upload copyrighted materials (ABS-CBN shows) on YouTube makes ABS-CBN so mad that they asked YouTube to remove these videos and eventually delete the account of the user.
I find it very ironic that at the end of the day, YouTube would still be a source of ABS-CBN for video clips. You hate people who upload your videos on YouTube because they are violating copyright then why choose it as your video source? There have been numerous times that ABS-CBN cites YouTube as source of their video on their news reports and television shows. Without YouTube, we won’t be seeing the video of Charice’s performance on Ellen, Oprah and other international shows. Without YouTube, Madonna Decena and Charlie Green would be unknown to us. Again, why are they using YouTube as source of these videos knowing the fact that the people who uploaded the Ellen, Oprah, and Britain Got’s Talent video on YouTube violates copyright too? ABS-CBN, just imagine your life without YouTube.
And by the way, citing YouTube is like citing Google or any search engine as your source, which is very stupid. Why not put the name of the uploader? Or why not contact the broadcasting company of the show and ask for the copy of the video and pay certain royalty fees? Oh, I’m not surprised that ABS-CBN is fond of using Garageband Royalty-Free music on their shows.
I’m just confused!
In the end, YouTube is here to stay!
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ia Says:
About time somebody noticed and blogged about this. I can’t imagine how such low quality videos are being used as references for actual TV shows. Just another one of the reasons I’m losing respect for mainstream media.
Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Jeric Peña Says:
@ia: I’ve been wanting to blog about this the past days but I’m having difficulty on putting my thoughts in words.
Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Redel Says:
Jeric! This is so true. 2 of my videos on YouTube were deleted because of copyright infringement. You know that, right?
I made a backup account because my first account is near suspension. LOL.
Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Angeli Says:
What I hate about this local television network, they don’t know HOW to give proper credit. Just as what you said, why not credit the uploader? It is effin’ wrong to credit YouTube because it is a streaming website where people upload their videos.
I think they should credit [insert-Oprah's-television-network-here.] It’s seems like that this local television network of ours is having copyright infringement indirectly too, what do you think?
Lack of creativity and innovation, I’ll say.
This is why I hardly watch local channels these days. The things they report about can be easily found in YouTube.
Bwahahaha.
I thought no one would have the same sentiments as I do.
Posted on May 16th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Jeric Peña Says:
Angeli - I agree that they’re infringing the copyright of the original broadcaster of Oprah indirectly. They think that getting videos on YouTube would save them from copyright infringement.
Posted on May 16th, 2008 at 8:41 am
philos Says:
Too cheap and too lazy to actually contact the original source of the video. The only reason they don’t get sued is because none of the bigwigs in other countries care 2 cents what the media outfit here does.
Posted on May 18th, 2008 at 1:29 am
jaydj Says:
Simple. ABS-CBN needs a video source and the internet is right at their fingertips. They have the power and resources to contact the management, producer or station of the Oprah Winfrey Show. How come they don’t do it ? I think they know it’s going to take a longer time and may be a more tedious process to get permission, video clips or quotes than to just play a streamed video on youtube and report it.
The quality and intention of youtube is for streaming on the net, not for broadcasting on TV. Plus I’m sure it’s a youtube user’s personal upload which they’re streaming… not even an official Oprah or Harpo Productions youtube channel. Tapos walang permission nga.
Minsan they’d show websites naman and place text like “Courtesy: pep.ph” I don’t know if they really ask permission or just cite the source and think that it’s sufficient enough.
How often does ABS-CBN do this ba ? I only saw the one with Charice featured on TV Patrol.
Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Jeric Peña Says:
Jaydj: They’ve done this numerous times already. Like more than five times?
Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm