Lawsuits have been launched over videos on YouTube that aren't supposed to be there. It's true that a sizable portion of the Internet economy has been built artificially, by taking somebody else's valuable content and giving it away for free. Nice way to draw an audience! No wonder "old media" is having a hard time.
For fans getting excited about the Ricky Hatton - Jose Luis Castillo fight Saturday night, there are a lot of videos on YouTube. Some are clips from TV fights, like this video of Round 10 of Castillo - Diego Corrales I. Other videos are homebrewed mixes of highlights, backed by cool music, which let's guess is also being used without permission, like this Ricky Hatton tribute.
Should this stuff be on YouTube? Copyrights are protected by law, and big media companies have a right to have unauthorized material taken down. Those of us who produce content should hope that the media giants go out and use their muscle to defend the concept of copyright. I decided not to embed the above YouTube videos right into this page, though it can be done. Linking to them and watching on YouTube isn't illegal, though. It's just free -- a word that can give anyone mixed feelings.
In the news: Steve Springer of the Los Angeles Times recounts Castillo's tough year, as does Dan Rafael at ESPN.com. Jeff Haney gives a five-point primer on the Vegas fight in the Las Vegas Sun. Tim Smith looks at all the recent action in the welterweight and junior welterweight divisions, in the New York Daily News.
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