Author: Jonathan Murphy, 7Safe
Whilst all instances of the illegal acquisition of
multimedia are not known, it is not possible to gain a complete loss
value, but a loss of $12.5 billion has been suggested by the IPI.
Continued response as a means of protecting the media companies and the
income they receive from legal sales continues as copyright enforcement
attempts to eradicate illegal downloading. This is forcing those who
support the legal downloading material to invent new and more creative
means to adapt technology to achieve an end to their means. ‘YouTube
Downloader’ (YTD) is a proof of concept which allows the user to
download videos (of any nature) from a number of video streaming
websites simply by entering the URL of the video they wish to download.
Whilst the application is specifically named after the website,
YouTube.com, videos from many other websites can be acquired in this
manner. The software allows the user to convert this video to a variety
of multimedia formats including .mp3 and .avi. The individual can then
view on these files on any supporting media device or computer. In the
case of copyrighted material, the individual who uploaded the material
to YouTube in the first instance, as well as the individual who then
‘reproduced’ the material by extracting the video file have infringed on
copyright law. As of September 2011, YTD has received approximately 85
million downloads via software download website, ‘CNET.com’ making it
the most commonly used tool of its type by a significant margin. Yet,
for something which significantly assists and supports illegal
downloading and multimedia piracy so significantly, little has been done
to develop a suitable response...
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