I hope this won't cause the video to be taken down.
I also believe the RAI Sport 2 vids are from a semi-official channel, and they won't disappear.
Well, all the videos that LaRiserva put up from the Ladies, Men’s and Pairs competitions at this year’s Worlds are now blocked, due to copyright claims by the ISU (and, in some cases, a record company as well).
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That's because their channel is as official as all of the others, unfortunately, so they are subject to copyright claims as anyone else.
For those who don't know, La Riserva is actually an Italian forum, not just a single user on youtube. They used to own many channels, all dedicated to different things (tv shows etc), but eventually a lot of them were taken down due to copyright claims. So now they upload everything directly on the forum.
It's tricky. I can certainly understand why people want to protect their property.
But...
A rising tide floats all boats. When people watch figure skating videos on You Tube, that benefits everyone in the sport, including copyright holders like the ISU and, in the United States, Ice Network.
It's free advertising! :yes:
The ISU need to make the connect that people are not watching and so they should at least make broadcasting free on it video channel website. By blocking videos, it's only helping to make this sport more irrelevant to people.
Hearing this, I might just join LaRiserva. Like, if their videos are anything to go by, their coverage of the competitions must be very comprehensive. And it wouldn’t be the first time I joined a foreign language forum – I used to be a member of a few German fora. But there again, I speak a bit of German, whereas I don’t speak any Italian!
I’ve actually visited the LaRiserva forum a few times since I first came across their YouTube channels. But, I found it very hard to find the things I was looking for. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought the website was very badly designed – to me it was just a mess.
Thank you Golden Skate for having a good layout!