The online carny show

I couldn't find anything "intelligent" to say about any of the articles I read which Rachel had recommended. That is, until I watch The Elephant Man last night. Perhaps it was just an embittered reaction towards the cruelty of the freak-show-director character, but I have to wonder if eBaum's world isn't the same defacement of humanity that has existed for centuries (or millennia?) and we still encourage and eat it up. I hardly believe that everyone looking for their 15 minutes of fame permits us to degrade humanity. Yet, what the issue is in the article about eBaum's World is copyrighted content.

I've been thinking about Google purchasing youTube. A friend pointed out to me that in Google's company statement, they claim that their goal is to provide information freely to all. In other words, abolish copyright laws. Since Google Scholar has been posting copyrighted material, Google has been (threatened?) with copyright lawsuits; what if Google is attempting the same thing with youTube: to post all content/information as free information?