Actually Youtube started doing this before Google bought them out. I had an account on there under the name "Reaper969" and I had about over 250 videos uploaded on there, 99% of it all practically anime music videos I've found over the years and uploaded.
I got banned because for some VERY weird reason, Pokemon anime music videos violated copyright laws but apparently every other anime does not. I also got banned for posting a rare disney cartoon called "Runaway Brain". I understand copyright laws, but the thing is people aren't using this to make money.
It's just like with the Foster's shorts, you can't find those anywhere else and for them to be yanked off it only frustrates people even more because Youtube has become a haven for people to see new shows and new expierences. Shows like Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Aqua Teen get built on these promos.
Just having a few seconds worth of a clip can make a new fan out of someone and while I don't approve of the split movies and TV shows, I don't think stinking clips of things like clips from "boston legal" are bad enough to warrant banning. The fan movie "juggernaut b*tch" helped make youtube famous and THAT got yanked too.
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