There are a ton of sites that allegedly offer the user a free YouTube to MP3 video conversion. Although Google has been battling these type of sites (and software) for some time, new ones are popping up almost every week.
Last year, Google released a report stating that as much as 47% of YouTube views are going towards gaming related content. As the numbers are going up (and so does the revenue of up-loaders) the company tried to enforce new copyright laws, ensuring that any video game content producers are taken down.
As YouTube videos in the gaming industry are such a hit and do nothing to be actually harmful in some way, it is interesting why Google doesn’t put as much effort in successfully making a Youtube to MP3 proof system.
If they were trying to ensure the infringement of copyrights, aren’t a YouTube to MP3 sites a much bigger target? Why did Google try to stop gamers from uploading their videos?
The two possible answers – either Google does want to make sure that they have control over the ‘freedom of speech’ in YouTube or they simply hate gamers. Yet again, if YouTube to MP3 sites are actually taken down, many gamers wouldn’t be able to download their favorite soundtrack or a trailer of their favorite game and remake it in a fun or an exciting way.
What’s wrong with Google? Are we, the gamers, the bad guys here for actually using YouTube the way it’s supposed to? And if they are so into ‘copyright infringement’ why they don’t just go for YouTube to MP3 conversion sites? We may never actually know.