countess Richard has just pushed one of my buttons there.

I have been watching Youtube almost since its inception, and this intolerance of so-called copyright breach is the most insane, self-destructive policy I have ever witnessed.

When will the copyright holders get it into their thick heads that exposure on YouTube is one of the most beneficial and potentially lucrative pieces of free advertising they could hope for ?

I have seen so many brilliant videos disappear through "terms of use violation", does it ever occur to the copyright holders that if they allowed just 50% of the video to be seen and put up a link to buy the product online, their sales would rocket?