Teenage girls and socially impotent men living with their parents were facing devastation at the news that YouTube plans to pull thousands of music videos over a royalties row. In a coruscating indictment of the move, one user, MrShOOtweasel, posted, “Wat am I gun do wit mi time now? Red a book? Dat is gay.”
The legal move inspired a number of commentary videos, including a woman crying on a bed screaming “LEAVE YOUTUBE ALONE! JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!” However, such videos have failed to capture the mood of users, with comments including “what a bunch of douche” and “u shud go n sit on a tack n bleed frm ur ass,” being not uncommon.
In a bold statement of unity by the YouTube mainstream, several novelty acts have spoken out against the decision, believing it to be an affront to artistic expression. The star of ‘Cat attacks washing machine’ said, “I appreciate that this row is a result of the difficulties of trying to protect artists’ rights in what is essentially a developing medium on a digital platform, which has yet to be structured along traditional capitalist models. But seriously, no Sk8er Boi, that sucks!”
The legal move inspired a number of commentary videos, including a woman crying on a bed screaming “LEAVE YOUTUBE ALONE! JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!” However, such videos have failed to capture the mood of users, with comments including “what a bunch of douche” and “u shud go n sit on a tack n bleed frm ur ass,” being not uncommon.In a bold statement of unity by the YouTube mainstream, several novelty acts have spoken out against the decision, believing it to be an affront to artistic expression. The star of ‘Cat attacks washing machine’ said, “I appreciate that this row is a result of the difficulties of trying to protect artists’ rights in what is essentially a developing medium on a digital platform, which has yet to be structured along traditional capitalist models. But seriously, no Sk8er Boi, that sucks!”
