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by CM30 2192 days ago
A centralised platform might have the same problem. A decentralised or federated one might not, since no one would have the power to remove anything.

Maybe also some blockchain based system where uploads are physically impossible to take down. That's going to be interesting to see the results for court case wise, just like it'll be if illegal content ends up on the Bitcoin one.
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plerpin 2192 days ago
A blockchain based storage system means that every participant will need to store every video forever in order to achieve consensus. If the blockchain uses URLs to external resources, then those can be easily be taken down.
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mirimir 2192 days ago
Right. But that'd be overkill. Torrents plus streaming apps do a decent job already. Why couldn't that expand to YT scale?
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