This evening, it made it to the local TV/cable news in Goa. There was this item about college kids (or higher secondary students) filming a fight in their institution in Margao, and placing it up on YouTube for all to see. As usual, the media responds to anything cyber-related with panic. The report seemed to back the view that something terrible had happened. The school authorities spoke about the problems created by mobile-phones (cum cameras) being brought into educational institutions.
When I googled a bit, I came across this page: RMS GIRL FIGHT girls from RMSalgaokar Higher Secondary School(Comba, Margao ... 2 min 5 sec - Rated 3.7 out of 5.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF6GXKuv_CE A visit to the page shows the pink banner which reads, "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." While such incidents might reflect poorly on students and a particular institution, is this a matter that calls for deletion of a video, citing "terms of use"? Google and other big cyber entities have come in for criticism for their stance over knocking off content which was believed to offend the authorities in China or wherever. Incidentally, there are networks like [http://www.filmclips.be/delutube.htm] or [http://www.filmclips.be/delutube.htm] which offer to recover deleted Youtube videos, in some cases! Not all working though... What do you think of it? FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
