Kelly

Kelly Eng WRT 105 J. Haynes November 16, 2008 __Unit 3- Proposal __ As for my Unit 3 Argument paper, I would be writing about the controversies going around about Youtube. There are controversies about early releases on licensed movies/videos, expositions of videos which are in debate today, expositions of videos which were originally said that there will be no release of, and much more. As I continued my research on this controversy against Youtube, I come to realize and notice that majority of the controversy isn’t about youtube as a whole, but more on specific videos which are showcased on Youtube. There are videos which caused so much debate and controversy that it sometime causes damages to others in explanation and society. For example, the video on the assassination and beheading of a man whom was captured by terrorists was not supposed to be aired but within a short amount of time, it was already up on Youtube. This is only one of the many videos which Youtube displays on terrorism which has many debates over. There are also videos of public beatings and violent teen fights which are debatable on why it is on Youtube and why it should be displayed in such a way as entertainment. From these videos, many opinions and thoughts are thrown around on Youtube and people start to create or post their own videos on the subject. Rather than telling a story, Youtube users are creating their own story on how they presume the story actually is, therefore, creating more controversy and debate. As for the early releases of movies and/or clips of movies and the release of licensed videos, it is unfair for the companies who hold these videos and movies because they are losing potential viewers.

Is youtube an example of freedom of expression? if so then why is it censored? also youtube is known to have copyrighted music that has not been released yet, should this be allowed, and is this fair to the artist?

Do they people that post these videos that shouldnt be posted get in trouble? How do people get these video's if they aren't supposed to be out in the first place? -Stephanie DiPriima