Should YouTube police video uploads?
Cicarelli’s attorney, Rubens Decousseau Tilkian is cited:
The Internet is democratic and has to be defended, but this struggle is to have some level of control to avoid the violations of people's fundamental rights, like privacy and intimacy.
In “NYC vs. YouTube” I recount how NYC transit officials characterize YouTube videos showing subway vandalism as “worse than smut.”
Canadian television did not “share” the “grisly video of Saddam Hussein's execution” in its entirety, although the execution was “widely viewed online,” according to 680News.
Network rationale:
Both CBC and CTV have aired portions of the cellphone video, showing an unruly scene leading up to the moment the former Iraqi president drops through the gallows floor, but no more.
"In this case, I think the overriding story, so to speak, of the visuals, is the exchange between Saddam and the executioners. The only part of it we did not show - and will not show - is the actual moment that Saddam himself dies,” CBC News editor-in-chief Tony Burman.
CTV News similarly focused on the scene leading up to the death and decided not to broadcast the most shocking moment in which Saddam swings by a twisted neck, his eyes open.
"We were very careful about what we aired and how far we went. It was pretty clear right away that we would never air the actual (moment) when you see the drop, Joanne MacDonald, vice-president of CTV News.
What about Google’s YouTube? Should proactive policing of video uploads be used to enforce content owners rights, privacy concerns, public safety…
WHAT DO YOU THNK?
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