The War of the Pathetic

For an exceptionally long time, pretty much since YouTube started in February 2005 created by three PayPal employees then bought by Google in November 2006 for $1.65 billion, there has been the most prevalent cyber squabble I have ever witnessed which not only is becoming increasingly boring, seemingly engrossing the opinions of a pretty large majority of users I come across, but has also enveloped from these very people a whole new level of perhaps the most immature practices stemming principally from exploitation of the weaker aspects within YouTube’s function.

YouTube has become not only a haven for Cyber-Bullies but a playground for the ridiculously petty all of which share one similar characteristic, they all behind the invisible sword and shield collectively called “Free Speech!” It’s the greatest yet oldest excuse in the book for the most irrelevant of human communication. I will admit to say that intelligent debate is always healthy and results or theories be analysed thus to reach conclusion of studies and agreeable grounds made for further advancement.

But quite frankly this continual bickering utilising every aspect of YouTube from uploading videos containing not much more than vitriol based insults, false flagging, 1 starring videos and the ultimate so far of filing false DMCA’s which of course we all know is a criminal act punishable by a fine or a jail term, really does demonstrate human natures constant hunger for confrontation even at this belittling social level.

I am of course talking in regards to the ever increasing cyber squabble between Atheists, Theists, Evolutionists, Creationists, Fundamentalists and/or whatever “ist” you wish to throw into the mix for that extra reactive value. Many would ask as to where I stand on this subject, well quite frankly I have to say that religion or any faith based theism is of absolutely no relevance to my life as much as pondering for long wasting hours the theories on evolution equates to a similar value. I have one life; one chance so thus I want to enjoy what I have and what is around me as best as one can for the foreseeable future, I really honestly thought that is what life was for.
But for quite a few more, maybe it isn’t like that, but I have to criticise as only a few days ago a wave of False DMCA’s were filed against some larger YouTube users and threats furthered against others such as, Coughlan666, DPRJones and so on.

Now, for those unfamiliar with what a DMCA is, let me explain.
DMCA stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act and in short it is an act of two 1996 treaties which prevents broadcast, dissemination, copying for distribution and distribution of material without permission of the original copyright holder.

For a loose example and to the best of my understanding, should I come across a picture or photograph, part of a video what have you, that I wish to use for one of my Vlogs and it happens to be copyrighted from the source of its origin, that copyright holder can file a DMCA against me if I were to use that image in my video without their permission to have it removed, should the plaintiff of the action and the image be outside of any fair use policy as found on YouTube.

However, filing a false DMCA can land you in all sorts of trouble, for instance, if I were to use a sample of someone else’s video here on YouTube or otherwise, which is of course bound by the fair use policy then the original creator, file a DMCA against me, I can thus make a counter claim and should I wish to, I can sue that individual for essentially making false accusations, perjury and damages of which of course I would win.

Unfortunately, not everyone on YouTube knows this and so thus on the basis of pure ignorance, these squabbles start getting really messy. And if it wasn’t for the fact that filing a false DMCA is a very serious illegal act, it would be laughable from the extent of how childish this squabble is really becoming. Yet this action of filing false DMCA’s is just part of the temper tantrum of a knee jerk reaction simply because someone else disagrees with you on here. Much of what I see comes from Atheist’s who complain when they are “VoteBotted” which is the lowering of ratings of a mass majority of their videos or all of them, yet when I review the situation by looking over channels adhering to a Theist way of thinking, i.e. the opposition, I noticed their ratings are pretty much scuppered in a similar fashion. Not to even mention the pettiness of, 1 starring videos and comment voting!

So thus I conclude that from viewing both sides of the arguments, the actions and results, this current cyber squabble is perhaps the most immature and childish game of “six and a half a dozen of the other” I have ever seen in a modern cyber environment.

The war of the pathetic, surely there must be better things to be doing.

By VisionGhost © 2009