Thursday, February 7, 2008

In my family's case

My family enjoy YouTube, especially old TV programs and kid programs. Of course, they are probably copyrighted. However, I think they do not harm the copyright owners by the potential infringement.

Old TV programs on YouTube recall our childhood, and we can enjoy reminiscing about the old days. I guess somebody uploaded them from his old video tapes. Without his effort to upload, nobody can enjoy them because the copyright owners are not interested in selling them as DVD or other media. Since the old TV program market is small, it may be difficult to profit from them. Therefore, they not only harm nothing but also bring us a lot of fun.

Kid programs, especially Japanese ones, are enjoyable because my kids can understand only Japanese. In addition, it is hard to watch kid programs on DVDs in the U.S. because of their region code. A DVD player in the U.S. can not play Japanese DVD unless the player is a region free one. We can enjoy the kid programs as well as the old TV ones.

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