cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31250684
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31250679
"this morning, as I was finishing up work on a video about a new mini Pi cluster, I got a cheerful email from YouTube saying my video on LibreELEC on the Pi 5 was removed because it promoted:
Dangerous or Harmful Content Content that describes how to get unauthorized or free access to audio or audiovisual content, software, subscription services, or games that usually require payment isn’t allowed on YouTube.
I never described any of that stuff, only how to self-host your own media library.
This wasn’t my first rodeo—in October last year, I got a strike for showing people how to install Jellyfin!
In that case, I was happy to see my appeal granted within an hour of the strike being placed on the channel. (Nevermind the fact the video had been live for over two years at that point, with nary a problem!)
So I thought, this case will be similar:
- The video’s been up for over a year, without issue
- The video’s had over half a million views
- The video doesn’t promote or highlight any tools used to circumvent copyright, get around paid subscriptions, or reproduce any content illegally
Slam-dunk, right? Well, not according to whomever reviewed my appeal. Apparently self-hosted open source media library management is harmful.
Who knew open source software could be so subversive?"
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Dr. Intellectual Property says not paying ever-increasing rents for things easily duplicated and distributed freely around the world at the speed of light is harmful.
Post-scarcity thinking is terrorism!
I love having access to social media gatekept by moderators who CANNOT EVER face consequences for their decisions
imagining something like Shinigami Eyes but instead you can see what they moderate or administer floating over their head
I wonder if this strike came from Apple.
In the LibreELEC video, Geerling specifically calls out the Apple TV module that, if Apple wants to, can be turned into a paperweight. Geerling shows how to stream your own media (DVD and Blu-ray rips) via a Raspberry Pi and LibreELEC, which bills itself as “Just enough OS for Kodi”, and add Jellyfin (wow, this company must be pissing off all of Hollywood) to LibreELEC so that you don’t have to buy an Apple TV streaming puck.
Harmful to whom?I hope peertube and similar services can replace YouTube one day, but it will be difficult I suspect. Videos take up so much damn room, it’s hard to share the load on that. The people or groups who host it will take up most of the load.
Why watch YouTube when you have Marxists.org
