There has been much speculation that YouTube is going to ‘Napsterize’ itself by too aggressively applying DMCA requests at the expense of fair use. One such analysis recently appeared in MIT’s YouTomb blog:
“One common theme I’ve found running through numerous recent posts about YouTube is a call for diversity, redundancy, and decentralization in the online video eco-system . . .
YouTube’s game-changing popularity closely mirrors the life-cycle of Napster first incarnation (1999-2001). Before Napster, a handful of geeks traded mp3 files on FTP sites and IRC channels. After Napster, people all over the world discovered and enjoyed new music on their computers, Chuck D was debating Lars Ulrich on Charlie Rose, and the music industry cashed its last major paycheck.
The combination of popularity and centralization proved to be Napster’s chief weakness and its halcyon days were short-lived. Although its public profile might suggest that the iTunes Music Store is the historical successor to Napster, its limited collection of recordings and imperfect file format pale next to the strange, surprising, and diverse recordings found on Napster 1.0 . . .
YouTube is fouling emergent community behavior and playing feature catch-up with its competitors; symptoms familiar to the ends of both the Friendster and MySpace eras.”
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