I am sure that all of you heard about the RIAA suing people for taking music without permission, and how Warner Music Group and Viacom have attacked Youtube, and made Youtube remove videos that somehow violated their laws.

Well, I have an account on Youtube, so when I log in and look at my favorites videos (the majority of which are anime), I keep finding that people keep on removing them for no reason-other than copyright infringment.

This infuriates me, because many Youtubers work so hard on making nice music videos for everyone to enjoy, then the dictators who now control Youtube come and remove it, simply because they're not getting money off of it. Guess what, corporations? The world does NOT revolve around you and your money. 

There is a fair use policy that says that makers of a show like "Pokemon" permit people like fans, to use the characters and material as such, as long as they state that they don't own it. Many of them say that they don't....yet their videos get taken down. 

This has been a problem on Youtube for some time now. To me, music videos on Youtube are a way of me finding great series, watching them, and then buying them, if it's available in English.  Abridged series help, too. The creator of Yugioh The abridged series has made interest in Yugioh be resurrected, and more people are watching the series, and buying it. This is a good thing.

The fact that they are removing stuff that I enjoy is outrageous. To me, these things are like praising the author, and showing how much they appreciate the series. That should matter more than how much money you get out of it. Sure, you have to get some money, but you should not care more about money than about how many fans you have who like your work.

I have become infuriated with the way corporations and copyright fat cats seem to think that they can do whatever they want, and abuse their power. By the time they're done, I could get sued for making a drawing of a series I like, because it's not my own characters, or even talking about how much I love the series. That's very controlling. They're not winning points my way.

If they keep this up, I just won't go on anymore.