I kind of agree (though I still don't like much the title of your post... though it's nice clickbait I clicked hahah!")
I've suffered this myself, one of my videos recently was stolen (not on dtube) but not only stolen went VIRAL decropped of its original watermark, finally I could get it blocked and facebook deleted it, but from time to time it re-emerges, they said they liked it but why then remove my name and crop the video itself off its credits. Whenever I do a cover I do on youtube cos they have agreements with the authors, if they place an ad and that goes for the authors right then great, I'm fine, it's fair. So this happens also here when musicians are posting cover, it could bring potentia conflict in the future when they upload to a decentralized platform. Thus what I would only upload on blockchain is things that are entirely my copyright (which is what I do) or I deep link sometimes a cover (from a source in which the author has placed and ad so the play pays them). Still now and then you may share a picture (I always try to go to wikipedia and look for the attribution needed) if it's a movie review or so, but for same reason I only upload mine. People has by the way to embed the FULL CODE (embed) on youtube, dropping the url also triggers the embed but not sure it counts for them as play and they might complaint. Thing is that at long term, and I am pretty sure of it, Steem will be pointed for copyright and then how will it be handled? who's responsible? down to the users? or to the platform for allowing? I don't want to sound pessimist, but It's a serious issue. I had the most interesting chats about this at steemfest, and also talked with may people, some even seemed to mock a bit copyright, like this is free internet, no censorship and well that's the idea that seems to be out there, but truth is that it matters, authors have rights and rights to ask something to be TAKEN out (not only hidden)
As a creator and author I don't want ANYONE to upload my content without my permission (when they can simply share from my page and promote me), and they have done several times.
But when a big name complains there can be a problem.
Hahahah I'm glad you fell for the bait! :)
Yes it's a tricky one really, this is why I completely steer away from using anything with a potential copyright. I'm lucky that I'm a photography enthusiast so I have tens of thousands of my own photos I can use in posts.. as well as create them very quickly when I need :)
There are also different rules in different countries regarding intellectual properties. There are some countries with zero laws /enforcement of the law.
The problem with decentralised / uncensored platforms is that some people equate copyright enforcement with censorship, which are not the same.
There is some precedent for companies going after decentralised platforms about copyright. Pirate Bay is a good example. They lost in court and were ordered to 'take things down'.. but the BitTorrent network is completely and truly decentralised, so that is impossible. You can still use Pirate Bay today! :) . The governments have tried blocking the website from your ISP level (like here in the UK), but new proxy servers pop up all over the place to bypass all that. They can't stop it.
haha yes, clickbaiter!! hahah I went all in to add my two cents then to agree hahah XD
Yes copyright and censorship is not the same thing. And wether it can or not be stopped people will continue to do it, but they should not "justify" it as "right" it which is a different thing.
But here is worse cos blogs are monetised those videos are "monetised". I invest lots of time on making my posts worth here, I don't want steem to be stained as a place were copyright is not taken care of, or a scam, or worse, we are all reponsible for its face to "outsiders" and stating that copyright is respected (thanks god @steemcleaners) is really for the good of all. This is a self-managed net community... the way we behave also reflects us as a whole.