Kusukela ukwethulwa kwayo cishe ngoFebhuwari 2005, YouTube kube "yiwebhu" lapho noma yimuphi umsebenzisi elayisha noma yiluphi uhlobo lwevidiyo. Abaculi baphinde balayishe umsebenzi wabo kusayithi lamavidiyo elithengwe iGoogle kungakapheli neminyaka emibili iqalisiwe futhi kukhona abanye asebedume ngodumo ngenxa ye-YouTube, njenge ULindsey Stirling noma, owaziwa kangcono, uJustin Bieber, kepha manje i- Abaculi Bacela Izinguquko Kumthetho We-copyright ukuvimbela i-YouTube ekungeniseni imali emsebenzini wabo ngaphandle kokukhokhelwa ngokufanele.
Umthetho 1998 Umthetho we-Digital Millenium Copyright Act ivikela amakhasi e-web aphethe okokusebenza okuvela eceleni okungekho emthethweni, okwenza kube nzima ukubaphoqa ukuthi basuse lokho okuqukethwe. Umthetho wamanje usengozini yokuhlukunyezwa, ikakhulukazi ama-bots e-DMCA: ngo-Mashi, i-Google ithe iphatha izicelo eziyizigidi ezingama-75 DMCA njalo ngenyanga ukuseshwa kuphela, okuphikisana no-8 abakuthola ngenyanga ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-2000. Uma umthetho ushintsha futhi kuqiniswa ukuphoqelelwa kwelungelo lobunikazi, ithonya labo lingasabalala kwi-Intanethi yonkana.
Abaculi bafuna i-YouTube ibakhokhele kakhulu ngokunikela ngomsebenzi wabo
UJames Grimmelmann, uprofesa wezomthetho e-University of Mayland, utshele i-New York Times ukuthi "kuzothinta ukubhuloga. Izothinta amasayithi wabalandeli. Izothinta amasayithi wabadali bemidlalo nabenzi bama-documentary nawo wonke amanye amakilasi«. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abafana nenhloko ephezulu yeRecording Industry Association of America, uCary Sherman uthi I-DMCA ivumela «uhlobo olusha lokuphanga« ngoba izingoma ezine-copyright ezisuswayo zingalayishwa kalula.
Inkinga isabalele kangangokuba ngemuva Taylor Swift Bekhipha umsebenzi wabo wakamuva "1989," i-Universal Music ihlanganise ithimba lesikhathi esigcwele ukuthi lingenzi lutho ngaphandle kokufuna amakhophi angavumelekile, athumele izicelo zokuthi kuhoxiswe amakhophi angaba ngu-66.000. Ngokwengxenye yayo, i-YouTube ithi uhlelo lwayo lwe-ContentID lwenza umsebenzi omuhle oluvumela abanikazi be-copyright ukugcina umkhondo wokuqukethwe kwabo, ngo-99.5% wezicelo ze-copyright ezenziwe ngohlelo.
Ngokwethulwa kwe I-Apple Umculo, ukukhiqizwa kabusha komculo kukhuphuke kakhulu. Eqinisweni, kunezigidi eziningi zabasebenzisi ababhalise ku-Spotify ezinyangeni eziyi-10 ezedlule, ngakho-ke isisulu sokugcina sabaculi yi-YouTube, inkundla yevidiyo esolwe ezikhathini eziningi zokukhokhela abaculi abanikazi abambalwa kakhulu bokuqukethwe wanikela. Ukuphela kwento engingayisho ukuthi ngithemba ukuthi abathintekayo kakhulu akuzona ezejwayelekile: abasebenzisi.
