It is already almost shut down in Germany, most Youtube videos posted here or at other websites cannot be viewed, this also includes videos about e.g. WW1 planes or submarines, that have neither music or anything in it, but - as the text says - MIGHT have
This is ridiculous, but the GEMA block itself, it is lead by dumb managers, not people with ideas.
I wonder whether the music industry and GEMA really lost so much money because of Youtube, or if the availability to find something almost forgotten and listen to something new did not indeed push the real sales. But they will find out this way, or the other. A little more freedom dying.
That the internet is now reduced to presenting local sites dependent on national content due to the IP adress and the domain ending your provider has, is by far the most dangerous development - never forget what Google did in China, and Google, Facebook et al. now does with your private information.
