Dattebayo's official statement regarding YouTube and other "video sharing" sites
2007/04/16
Dattebayo corporate headquarters, GNAA, Nigeria
Due to increasing number of comments being submitted to Dattebayo feedback system regarding permission to upload our work to YouTube/<insert video sharing site here>, Dattebayo would like to release an official statement regarding this issue.
Here's our official statement: YouTube and every other "video sharing site" sucks, and WE DO NOT WANT to see our work uploaded there and turned into low-quality WMV / Flash Video. You are not allowed to upload our work to any video sharing site.
We understand that many of you feel that you are contributing to the community by adding this content to these systems; however, allow us to explain our stance. Firstly, by adding these submissions to these sites you are violating their terms of service as you are not the copyright holder of said materials. Secondly, you are opening these sites up to possible legal liability for the hosting of copyright infringing materials. Thirdly, doing this decreases the viewing quality of episodes significantly. We at Dattebayo are proud of our presentation of the series we make available and have chosen the way we do our releases to bring a reasonable balance of speed to quality. Degrading this quality goes below our standards and we feel that allowing people to continue to claim that this is our work is offensive.
Which brings us to the next important point - we need YOUR help to stop our work from appearing on YouTube. Here's how it works:
- Log in to your YouTube account, and search for "Naruto Shippuuden" or "Bleach"
- Click on any of the results that appear to be parts of Naruto / Bleach
- Click "[X] Flag as Inappropriate" button below video
- In the new box that comes up, select "Other Terms of Use violation"
- Click "Flag This Video"
Other video sharing sites have a similar system, and we encourage you to use it to remove our work.
Thanks for your support!