YouTube Is Not So Wild Anymore
On some bright, parched morning back in the Old West, folks must have heard grumbling as a boy nailed a list of new town laws to the wall of the saloon. And when they saw the sheriff and his fresh-faced deputies looking on with a satisfied grin, that’s probably when they knew the West wasn’t going to be so wild anymore.
A similar scene has been playing out digitally at YouTube (GOOG), the Internet’s video town square. In addition to its longstanding campaign to crack down on illegally copied material, in September the site outlawed videos depicting drug abuse, and last week tightened its guidelines further to restrict profanity and sexually suggestive content. In other words, before the money wagons roll in…
…some law and order needs to be imposed.
[A note about the use of stock tickers: YouTube is owned by Google.]
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