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In my opinion, this is the biggest problem preventing PeerTube from becoming a true alternative to YouTube (piefed.social)

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I believe the biggest problem for PeerTube is copyright. YouTube thrives on user-generated content. I, for example, am involved in the live music scene (I go to concerts). It's common practice for recordings of concerts to be uploaded to YouTube. This is usually unproblematic until an artist objects to a particular video and demands its removal. Generally, YouTube has agreements with rights holders, so uploading recordings is usually not an issue.

This is different on PeerTube. Here, each instance is liable for its own content. If a user uploads copyrighted material, this can lead to problems for the instance operator or the user. Currently, PeerTube is still small enough that such content is possible. But if PeerTube were to become a real alternative to YouTube, it would become a problem!

Of course, content is also uploaded to YouTube that can cause problems for YouTube. But YouTube has enough lawyers and money to handle that. PeerTube operators, however, do not!

Therefore, in my opinion, the biggest problem is that PeerTube can't become a major YouTube alternative because users can't easily upload the same content as on YouTube.

What do you think?

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

i think that’s a solvable problem, but would require some centralised entity in order to make agreements

something like the linux foundation for example

i could imagine that central organisation making agreements with rights-holders like content ID (though hopefully better implemented), and also developing software to identify infringing material… they could run a certification program where instances are allowed to host copyright content as long as they also run the content ID mechanism, and pay rights-holders… perhaps they do constant, anonymous validation of the mechanism to ensure compliance… they could also sweeten the deal by mandating defederation from instances that host pirated content, and maintain a list of banned instances (to bring rights holders to the table: support this and we will pay you, and help you make piracy harder to access)

it’s a chicken and an egg problem though: rights holders won’t care to think about it until it’s big enough to be worth it, but it’s going to be difficult to be big enough to be worth it without content (and let’s be honest, with google fighting tooth and nail to remain an effective monopoly)