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YouTube Creators Respond to DoD Ban — May 18th 2007

By Karina Longworth

Earlier this week on Newsquake, we told you about the Pentagon's decision to block soldiers from accessing YouTube over DoD networks. Yesterday, YouTube's creators and chief executives issued an insouciant response. Via Detroit Free Press:

"They said it might be a bandwidth issue, but they created the Internet, so I don't know what the problem is," Chief Executive Chad Hurley said in an interview. Hurley, chief technology officer Steve Chen and YouTube spokeswoman Julie Supan emphasized that the online video company is trying to work with the Pentagon in hopes the military would reverse course or at least partially repeal the ban.

You've gotta wonder: are Hurley and friends standing up to the Pentagon in the name of First Amendment rights? Or are they just terrified at the prospect of losing all those page views?

Tags: chad hurley, ChadHurley, department of defense, DepartmentOfDefense, online video, OnlineVideo, pentagon, youtube

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Mintyfunk — 5:52PM on May 21st 2007

1. DoD has a long standing prohibition against any form of streaming media that isn't construed as essential to the mission. Bandwidth has always been an issue and to try and make this a first ammendmant issue is silly. No employer is required to provide you unlimited internet access, to think that it would be any different for the DoD is ridiculous.

David Halko — 2:02PM on May 24th 2007

2. (( [UTube Chief Executive Chad Hurley] "They said it might be a bandwidth issue, but they created the Internet, so I don't know what the problem is" ))

Having been involved in network management for years, it is REDICULOUS that the CEO of UTube does not understand the concept of bandwidth. This is CRITICAL for their line of business - this is something they should understand.

Considering the military is on the other side of the world in very remote areas, bandwidth is not as available as in Western countries.

Wm J. Rountry — 8:37PM on Jul 25th 2007

3. 1. SIGNAL INTERCEPT!.

2. SIGNAL INTERDICTION!.

THERE IS NO WAY!; THE MILITARY EVER HAD SUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH, TO COVER PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE BY ANY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY INCLUDING IT'S OFFICERS!.

THERE IS NOTHING FIRST AMENDMENT ABOUT THIS DEBATE.

**PLAIN AND SIMPLE; THE: ""MEDIA NEED""!, {BLEED/BLEEDING] VERY EMOTIONALLY DRAWN OUT STORIES; TO SELL WHAT IT IS THEY ARE HYPING!

OF THE TWO[2], PREVIOUS MENTIONS CATEGORIES, ANY THING ANY SOLDIER OR ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL CAN WRITE, (IN THE CASE OF YOU TUBE/AUDIO-VIDEO), CAN BE {CAPTURED] FOR EITHER USE AGAINST THAT INDIVIDUAL, OR THIS, OR OUR ALLIED GOVERNMENTS!.

OR JUST AS IMPORTANT; THERE FRIENDS AND FAMILIES!.

HOW STUPID!; AND MORE IMPORTANT; HOW MUCH OF A "{WAR MONGREL/MONGER} HAS THE AMERICAN MEDIA BECOME?.

Too!: LAY A CLAIM, THAT THE MILITARY IS OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT!.

**YOU TUBE IS SUGGESTING THAT: **PLEASE GO DIE AND BE KILLED IN FRONT OF MY CAMERA AND AUDIENCE SO "I", { CAN HAVE THE LARGER MARKET SHARE!}[you tube].***

And Odd; more so is the seemingly disinterest, this and all other blog pages have, Since a good part of {EX} military communicator's went to work for many of the "MEDIA" GIANTS"??.

If that is the case: Than you have all turned into a pack of "{WAR}" Mongering "IDIOT'S!". And a Bunch of "SORRY ASS"ed BASTARDS![no less].

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