Who is Copyright-Nastier, PUTIN or GOOGLE, EBAY and PAYPAL?

One of the websites that monitors piracy had an interesting report on The Russians.

You thought that in the Soviet Union copyright means nothing? It would seem so. On eBay, Russian CD and DVD bootlegs are regularly sold and it's up to copyright owners to file "VERO" forms for a takedown. Communist countries routinely manufacture everything from fake Gucci bags to bogus Disney toys. But INTERNET piracy?

It seems that if piracy affects Russia's own products, or doesn't put enough money in Putin's pocket...it's STRONGLY opposed. You know, like Judaism.

Yes, policing the Internet is tiresome, even for an ex-KGB guy like Putin. But he's actually doing it.

Compare this to GOOGLE, which runs Blogger and YouTube, and of course makes a fortune with a search engine that leads people to all the blogs, forums and torrents that offer illegal material. Google doesn't do much to prevent piracy. On YouTube for example, you regularly see assholes posting copyrighted material and ADMIT IT:

"I do not own copyright. I'm just posting it. Rights belong to the owners!"

But, copyright means that you are NOT allowed to COPY, right? It means that the OWNER is in total control of the item and determines what can be done with it...RIGHT? And Google would have a red flag available so that a YouTube video that flaunts copyright would be removed...no? NO.

Google also has the most complicated HOOPS of any major Internet site. If you own copyright, and you notice somebody is abusing your work, you will prefer being on line at the DMV, or studying the US Government's Guide to Health Insurance, over filling out their forms.

Google also has a nasty little website where they stow all the takedown requests they get...so everyone can see. This is sort of like reporting rape to the police, and the police posting all the information on a website, including photos. Oh, but maybe the face is blurred and a phone number "redacted." As if that wouldn't be hard to figure out. Or hack.

EBAY and PAYPAL? Ebay is Sgt. Schultz and Paypal is Col. Klink. Ebay "knows nnnnnuthing, sees nnnnnuthing," and it's up to the copyright owner to VERY SPECIFICALLY make a complaint. The ONE item would be removed, not the other obviously illegal stuff. Paypal? They have more hoops than you'll find in a 3-ring circus, and quite an assortment of ferocious beasts denying you justice. This, along with dumb elephants who will stare at the forms and simply say, "Duhhhhh, you didn't fill them out right. Fill them out again and fax them." Over and over and over.

It's certainly INTERESTING to note that Putin is actually more energetic about piracy than three companies here in America.