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- post up non-adult, non-copyrighted material. The non-copyrighted part is essential, because you don't want to do an act of copyright infringement. put up clips that you created yourself is the safest.
the intent behind this:
- to catch them making editorial decisions that therefore violates "safe habor".
some tube sites will run a craigslist-like self-policing system, where users can flag a video as not being appropriate. after so many flags, a video can be knocked offline for admin review.
putting up lots of non-adult clips, could just get wiped out by a community action, but that would be case only if there was such self-policing audits. if there isn't, then it forces the tube site to do some re-coding to put it in place.
the sites that don't have this function, will end up having the non-adult stuff "pollute" the listings.
if the admins start editing out themselves, then there might be some potential action.. BUT...
only copyright holders can make the case against a tube site..
so a copyright owner who has seen their content on a tube site, has done the DMCA thing already, and is feeling frustrated.. they could try the above tactic on a tube site that doesn't have any self-policing and see if the non-adult videos come down.
if so, then the next step is to get your attorneys involved and figure out how much its going to cost you to sue them.
those that aren't copyright owners, would just end up annoying the tube sites, which is in a way, like cyberbullying....
whether through DMCA compliance, self-policing, hosting in a country that doesn't respect US copyright law,etc.. there will always be ways that the tube sites continue to survive..they are the mass market cockroaches, followed behind by their bit-torrent cousins.
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for copyright owners, best bet, watermark all of your videos with your website. atleast get some exposure while your videos are being stolen.
Fight the copyright vigilantes!
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