| Teen fake polices YouTube clips |
Once my Operating Professor told us that half of the internet could be affected by few teenagers with their computers in their basement. He told us that those kids could do so much damage since all they do is coming up with mischievous things to do while they play around with their computers. Some kids are geniuses. For example, some can make viruses that can crash hundreds of computers when infected, and some can even port-block computers so that people won't be able to connect to the internet.
On this post, a teenager pretended to represent the national broadcaster in demanding the removal of hundreds of video clips from the YouTube website. The 15-year-old boy sent YouTube a signed form saying he represented the copyright owner, ABC Television, and that he wanted the footage removed from the website.
It's crazy how one kid can affect so much on multi-billion dollar corporations. How can a kid pretended that he represent the ABC TV, and send a form to YouTube for demand? and he's only a 15-year-old kid. Apologizing was all he done, and he was let free. ABC TV said that it was not yet clear why the boy had decided to impersonate an ABC employee, but it's pretty obvious that he was just doing it for fun-and-games.
The funny thing was that YouTube was actually sending copyright infringement notices to people who have been uploading Chaser clips to YouTube, threatening to shut down their access to YouTube if they persist. YouTube had no idea that the form could have been fake. Advancing technologies nowadays... Is it a good thing? or a bad thing?
Sources:
TEEN FAKE POLICES YOUTUBE CLIPS
PUBLISHED: April 16, 2007
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21563838%5E27317%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html
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