"YouTube has no ethics, it's been created
for the sole purpose of entertainment and money.'' Do you agree?

Personally, I do agree with the statement. Youtube was indeed created in the first place, for the purpose of entertainment and money. So the concept of ethics has difficulty kicking in where money and entertainment are made the top priority.

Many people feel that Youtube has little regard for ethics whereby it allows people to upload offensive materials. One example of such is Youtube broadcast of material critical of the Thai king. The issue upset the Thais considerably, and the Thai government has banned access to Youtube video-uploading website. Because of the freedom that Youtube provides for users to upload their videos, ethics is often difficult to keep or even forsaken. But before lambasting Youtube for its perceived failure to incorporate ethics into its business, we should note that they may have little choice in this issue.

Youtube is a massive success because of its convenience and ability to reach to millions whereby anyone can put up anything onto the website. It is also these very factors that brought Youtube success that may bring about its downfall. Youtube is currently facing charges for “massive intentional copyright infringement”.

The issue about copyright is a complicated matter. Personally, I feel that it is almost inevitable for Youtube to face charges regarding copyright considering that Youtube gets 65,000 uploads a day. It is highly challenging for them to filter through all the videos and then upload those that do not contain infringing or offensive materials. Thus, because of Youtube inability to do so, it had led to the questioning of its having no ethics.

Personally, i think that it is difficult or even impossible for Youtube to please everyone, especially so when it caters to millions worldwide. The rip off for the entertainment that Youtube brings would be the fact that materials put up might be offensive to people or involved infringement of rights. However, i feel that Youtube should up its effort in filtering the materials put up and respond more actively towards notification by a copyright holder claiming ownership of certain materials put up. Perhaps so, youtube would be viewed in a more positive light when the public recognizes their efforts to keep up with feedbacks.