[Beasty]

I was looking at the youtube partnership terms and conditions and i found this condition odd to say the least :?:

[Nero]

As the great George Carlin once said...

"Some people are really fucking stupid." LOL

[King-Yukon]

I do not have youtube but thats funny.

[SmG XLORM]

it's saying for you not to upload stuff promoting bulimia, anorexia, over-eating... that sort of stuff

[Beasty]

So they are telling you on a site where you can and are supposed to speak your mind, that you can't? Or that those problems aren't choices but may be medical conditions? Seems legit.

[marshMello]

They're saying not to make fun of them, or to promote people to take part in them...

[Beasty]

So they are trying to censor us!!!!! Everyone boycott youtube, its all lies!!!!!!!

Seriously, just because they dont agree with what you think does not mean they should try and stop anyone from promoting something they personally dont believe in. How is it possible that videos promoting software piracy and alcohol stay up yet videos about why "eating disorders" is not?

[marshMello]

Because videos that say "hey, you should be anorexic!" are going to cause harm to anyone who thinks follows that advice. while if someone posts a video saying "hey piracy is fine! Download all the fiels you want!" then it is an issue of whether the person committed an illegal act which Youtube is not responsible for, while they may be responsible to some degree for what is talked about dealing with people's health and physical well being.
P.S. Sorry for the long post... seem to be doing that everywhere today :ugh:

[Mr. Maggot]

Cause fat people want to become fatter, which is unhealthy.

[Beasty]

Because videos that say "hey, you should be anorexic!" are going to cause harm to anyone who thinks follows that advice. while if someone posts a video saying "hey piracy is fine! Download all the fiels you want!" then it is an issue of whether the person committed an illegal act which Youtube is not responsible for, while they may be responsible to some degree for what is talked about dealing with people's health and physical well being.
P.S. Sorry for the long post... seem to be doing that everywhere today :ugh:

Youtube isn't responsible for whether or not you make yourself chuck your lunch mello. And they arn't responsible for whether you pirate things either. What they are responsible for is whether or not there site advertises them by leaving videos up. So your right to an extent.

However the question becomes that because piracy is a more accepted thing on the internet they leave it up, while videos promoting anorexia and eating disorders are taken down because they violate YT T&C. But if your not allowed to talk about promoting illegal actives, why do those videos remain up while videos of a lesser degree of violation get taken down?

Its because people accept those things more, hence why YT accepts them more. But if they choose to take down videos promoting viewpoints other than there own unjustly, are they not censoring then? Isn't that what all these websites aimed to stop with the sopa/pipa protests, and yet they are so hypocritical in doing what they hated? Because YT isn't a place for you, the user. Its a business protecting its money intake. Look what happened to facebook. Its getting to business-ee and people are noticing it; and in turn leaving. What they dont realize is YT and MySpace, they are ALL in it for profit. The only sites who aren't are small sites such as this. The more money you have, the more you focus on getting more.