As someone who makes his living through copyrights, I am sorta ambivalent about YouTube. I mean, I like the fact that you can find just about anything any time you want it. But, at the same time, I do think people should get paid for their work. Let me just say if it were ever to happen that several million people viewed a clip of something I was involved in creating, I would certainly want to get paid.
But what if the holders of the copyright aren't serving the public demand? Yes, I am back on the Get a Life hobby horse. You can probably still track down the couple of Rhino DVDs and see "The Prettiest Week of My Life" and "S.P.E.W.Y. and Me" (I think this one is the second best episode of the entire series, after the time-travel one. Well, also maybe the one where Chris feeds Gus and Sharon tainted shellfish and gets them to dance the Alleycat for hours until they come to their senses and rip his head off and play soccer with it. That's a good one too.), but where the hell are my complete season DVDs? Did you know you can buy complete seasons of Gimme a Break, Simon and Simon, and even Riptide? I mean, Riptide! The series whose slogan was "That show that comes on after the A Team!" And yet no Get a Life.
But anyway, I've longed for a taste of "Zoo Animals on Wheels" for years, and it's finally surfaced on YouTube in all its glory. I would be willing to pay to watch this, but the copyright holder is unwilling to sell it to me. Though I guess there's some specious moral reasoning going on here, I feel like it's therefore okay for me to watch it for free. And not just me--now you can watch it too! Enjoy!
