Comments on: YouTube confiscates 2 billion views from Universal and Sony

By: Culturedropout

Culturedropout — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:45:00 +0000

Oh, the delicious DRM-flavored irony… XD

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:21:00 +0000

It couldn’t have happened to a nice group of guys

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:08:00 +0000

Seeing as there where likely ad-revenue payouts based on this, I’m pretty sure it’s fraud. Mostly advertising providers don’t go after offenders of viewfraud/clickfraud because the economic damage is comparatively small and the cost of entering legal proceedings would exceed the damage. They usually just ban offenders for life, or a very long time.

However viewfraud/clickfraud to the tune of billions is bound to be enough to pay a couple lawyers full time for a couple years, so they might just.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:50:00 +0000

I see that Gangnam Style still has over a billion views. So no, I don’t think they “nailed” everyone.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:29:00 +0000

If you become really popular and enable ads on your vids you might make 3¢

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:54:00 +0000

I’ve actually watched videos on the VEVO channel. The others, not so much.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:50:00 +0000

I consider views of my videos to be a bit of an ego boost, but nothing more.
Are you trying to tell me that some people consider them to be worth something more?

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:54:00 +0000

“Corporations are people, my friend,” especially to their imaginary, paid-for friends.

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:54:00 +0000

No, not “everyone”

By: Baldhead

Baldhead — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:02:00 +0000

Often wondered what counts as a view. I’ve seen plenty videos where it was just crap and switched off after maybe 8 seconds. Does that count as a view?

By: Yarmouth Bands

Yarmouth Bands — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:57:00 +0000

It wasn’t just the big guys it was every honest Youtuber. They nailed everyone including those that did nothing illegal.

By: The Rizz

The Rizz — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:50:00 +0000

No, they'll just pay for their next lawsuit loss in slightly-used pageviews.

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:27:00 +0000

No, they will melt them down to make brand new crap views.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:46:00 +0000

How about if every fake page view “cost” Youtube $500,000? That would be fair, wouldn’t it?

By: Xof

Xof — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:36:00 +0000

I hope YouTube does the right thing and distributes those views to the poor.

By: Max Allan

Max Allan — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:27:00 +0000

And these are the companies who try to fine people gajillions of units of currency for illegally downloading their crap. How about for every fake page view, someone gets a free download.
The sooner these dinosaurs fade away the better.

By: xzzy

xzzy — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Are Universal and Sony going to have to return all those theoretical dollars they made off those view?

By: PhosPhorious

PhosPhorious — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:58:00 +0000

There are more than a few videos that I would like to un-see.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:42:00 +0000

What about VEVO? They are ripe for this.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:41:00 +0000

entertainment giants got their ears pinned back after they were caught buying fake “likes” and “views” from a crooked botmaster.

Isn’t that corporate fraud or something illegal like that? IANAL, obviously.