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Apple Issues Takedown Order for Popular YouTube Channel That Archived WWDC Keynotes
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It’s important to remember that Apple is a gigantic corporation. They don’t care about users or fans, only profit. Someone may mistake this as an official Apple YouTube channel, get confused and buy a Windows machine or worse, a Surface Pro so it had to be taken down.
Apple does care about users. Does it care about users in the same way a mother cares for a newborn baby? It cares about manufacturing products and experiences the users want. It also cares about users having a good experience with Apple. This youtube channel of copyrighted video clips had nothing to do with the former.
Could people mistake this channel for an official Apple channel? I'm sure, but they would be the same people that buy a Galaxy thinking it's an iphone.
And THIS may be the single reason for this take down order. This is Tim’s Apple and no longer Steve’s.
See what’s going on here
I thought Apple was all about more advertising as of late. So whether someone sees it on YouTube or on the Apple TV they just bought after seeing a keynote on YouTube, what’s it hurting?
Archiving old videos isn’t gonna hurt. Unless they don’t want near as many people seeing their hypocritical differences from then and now.
Archiving old videos isn’t gonna hurt. Unless they don’t want near as many people seeing their hypocritical differences from then and now.
Or... give the fans who post your material online the copyright permission to do so. Problem solved without looking like a mindless money-grubbing run-of-the-mill company run by corporate tools.
This is your daily reminder that Apple is not your friend. You can love their products but at the end of the day they are a business who only wants as much capital as possible, even if that means screwing you over.
Because a different site wrote a piece on it three days ago, you're suggesting it's too late for anyone else to write about it? If it's not an instant reaction/article it's worthless? Or are you saying MacRumors aren't doing their jobs well because they're three days "late"?
The obsession with needing news and commentary as quickly as possible does not lead to quality, or even accurate, reporting and discussion.
Side note: For anyone who agrees with the sentiment above, I recommend checking out Tortoise. It has little/nothing to do with tech/Apple, but it's a refreshingly slow and deliberate take on modern reporting.
sure, but it falls back on apple if they pay money to those scumbags. they probably just lost a few hundred-thousands in PR-value because they hired incompetent lawyers.
The take-down is part of Youtube's automated process to protect itself on copyright violations.
From a fly that was attending the meeting on the wall.
Overpaid Marketing Firm: “Your customers don’t like your new keynotes. They prefer the old ones.”
Overpaid Lawyer: “I have the solution. If we got rid of the old keynotes there will be no comparison with the Jobs’ keynotes. Consumers will then be forced to love the only available keynotes.”
Overpaid Exec: “do it.”
Overpaid Marketing Firm: “Your customers don’t like your new keynotes. They prefer the old ones.”
Overpaid Lawyer: “I have the solution. If we got rid of the old keynotes there will be no comparison with the Jobs’ keynotes. Consumers will then be forced to love the only available keynotes.”
Overpaid Exec: “do it.”
Some keynotes were a little embarrassing. Not everything went right all the time. I wonder which ones Apple wants to hide from the world.
I guess I need to work on my sarcasm…
You have a good point. Why would Apple let someone profit from their copyrighted works? Maybe the youtuber could have worked out a deal with Apple. But yeah, if I had copyrighted works that someone else was making money from, I would ask for the DCMA take down as well.
Exactly. They can still monitor the posts all they want. Check for any objectionable added materials or edits quietly if they must.
WWDC sessions might be different. IDK, but I’ve since lost count of how many times I’ve watched the original iPhone keynote. It’s usually my palate cleanser after watching sports or a movie before bed. I can lock up the house, start the dishwasher while feeling a little nostalgia and go to bed feeling kinda happy.
I also do this with a channel called Dave’s Archives. It has lots of commercials and cartoons from the 80s/90s I like to recall for a few mins on a break or after NFL games.
I think the same effect is in play as with the videos, revealing and teaching people about the software. I can’t imagine why a company would want to restrict customers from those memories unless they just don’t want someone pointing out negatives in outdated software/hardware?