Hidden Porn on YouTube??
By Andrew Wallenstein
Just getting around to reviewing the tape of Monday's FCC hearing on broadband policy in Pittsburgh. An otherwise unremarkable affair until a tete-a-tete toward the end between billionaire tech gadfly Mark Cuban and David Eun, vp of content partnerships at Google.
Cuban noted that the site somehow can't manage to uphold copyright while at the same time managing just fine to eliminate any trace of pornography. When Eun credited YouTube's porn-free existence to subscribers who vigilantly police the site, Cuban could not suppress his incredulity.
"Oh, come on," he muttered into the microphone.
It gets better. In defense of his contention, Eun noted, "There actually is porn on YouTube because it gets uploaded with other content." Turns out if you've got enough time on your hands you can monitor the recently uploaded videos, and if you're quick enough, spot offenidng material after it is flagged in that queue, but not yet taken down.
Way to advertise, David. He sparred with Cuban as well about the efficacy of YouTube's content identification tool. Before the exchange got too heated, Eun assured the audience he and Cuban were still tight. "We're having dinner after this," he said.
Video will be available here soon.
Addendum: Did YouTube overstate just how miniscule a percentage of its video it is monetizing? Here's Silicon Alley Insider with more.
lol. Who knew that these sorts of things could get so catty? I wonder how many hours he's spent "monitoring" YouTube himself.
Posted by: Liz | July 22, 2008 at 11:09 PM
cuban obviously doesn't know that people are 10 million times more likely to flag porn on youtube than copyright violations.
Posted by: milowent | July 23, 2008 at 12:53 PM
"if you've got enough time on your hands" being key words. Porn on youtube gets deleted extremely quickly, so it's true that if you want, you can find it, but it's virtually impossible to create any filter that blocks out everything it's supposed to.
Posted by: Surfthetsu | July 24, 2008 at 01:03 AM
i love the way a cuban looks like a long penis and i would like 1 in my vagina, and blow job and cumshot on my titties.
Posted by: long peni5 | January 07, 2009 at 12:57 PM
i know how to put porn on youtube, this is 2009 May 7'th.
Put a 29 second picture like a butterfly. then put porn.
Make shure the video is private does not have a porn picture, and is not viewable by anyone!!!!!!!!
Then put the Title Name, as something like. "butterfly's in the wind"
Posted by: Scott | April 30, 2009 at 02:22 PM