It was a very fucking smooth-brained move on their part to do what they did. I'm honestly angry at them.
Yes, copyright is a fuck. But what did they think was going to happen? Did they think the masses would rise up in times of a virus and economic panic and what? Somehow protect them from the politicians, laws, etc?? Did they think a benevolent magical billionaire would appear, that Jeff Bezos would smugly step up and slam 2 billion dollars into their coffers to fight this? Pure liberal idealism.
People cheered them then forgot, there was no massive upswelling of public donations to buoy them for years to come. I mean given some of the content they host and link to in the videos section is straight up piracy uploaded by third parties I would think they would be a little smarter about angering these notorious litigious and insensitive interest groups and drawing their attention.
It was a very fucking smooth-brained move on their part to do what they did. I'm honestly angry at them.
Yes, copyright is a fuck. But what did they think was going to happen? Did they think the masses would rise up in times of a virus and economic panic and what? Somehow protect them from the politicians, laws, etc?? Did they think a benevolent magical billionaire would appear, that Jeff Bezos would smugly step up and slam 2 billion dollars into their coffers to fight this? Pure liberal idealism.
People cheered them then forgot, there was no massive upswelling of public donations to buoy them for years to come. I mean given some of the content they host and link to in the videos section is straight up piracy uploaded by third parties I would think they would be a little smarter about angering these notorious litigious and insensitive interest groups and drawing their attention.