What would you do?

[bleedingangel84]

Today, I got called a snitch. No, not the kind with wings from HP, but the kind who tells on people.

And I suppose I am, but here's the deal:

I've been subscribed to a guy on YouTube for several years now. Many of his videos are of a personal nature. He discusses his feelings about himself and his issues with various things in his life.

I recently went looking for one of his videos so I could watch it again, only to discover that he'd taken the original down. What the reason for this is, I have no idea and it is well within his right.

However, I  did another search for the video on the off chance he may have re-uploaded it, only to find that another user had posted his video in order to share it with others.

While I appreciated the opportunity to see the video again, I felt it was only right that the original poster of the video be notified that someone else had posted one of his personal videos, even if it was coming from a good place. So I left a comment on the video asking the guy who had re-uploaded it if he had the original poster's permission. I then proceeded to leave a comment for the original poster of the video letting him know who the other user was and that his video had been re-uploaded by him and asking if the guy had permission from him.

Apparently, no permission was had, because the guy left me a reply sarcastically thanking me for "being a little snitch" to the original guy.

Anyway, my question is, did I do the right thing or not? The guy meant no harm in sharing the video, and I knew that, but I felt it was not right to share it without the owner's permission.

It bothers me being called a snitch, but I felt like I was doing the right thing at the time.

It was somewhat reminiscent of plagiarism in my mind, though the guy never claimed to be the one in the video.

So, I don't know. What's the etiquette for that sort of thing?

I left a comment for the guy apologizing and explaining why I did what I did. I let him know that I didn't bear him any ill will.

He deleted the video after he replied to my first comment.  I didn't ask him to take it down. I just asked him to check with the original poster to see if having it up was okay with him.

I feel mixed emotions about this, but it is really bugging me, so I thought I might write about it here and get some other opinions on the matter. I never meant any harm or bad feeling to stem from it, but apparently it has anyway, and that upsets me a lot.

Did I do a good thing, or was I making a big deal out of nothing?

Any thoughts on this? Please share.

Thank you.

 

Comments

[alexicyn.livejournal.com]

Name calling in the name of butt hurt is NEVER good manners.

The other person took it down. Maybe he didn't want that part of himself shared any more. Whatever the reason, he took his down.

If the other person liked the video so much that they shared it, how hard would it be to say hey, can I share this? I have asked if it was OK if I recced a fic somewhere. I know some folks prefer not to be recced in some places, that is their right.

IF I saw someone's work there, that I knew didn't want their stuff there, I would have said so.

I was once looking for corsets, and ran across pictures from another person's site. Since I had bought a corset from her, I knew how much effort she put into them. I just show her a quick note saying hey, saw this... do you know about it? She came back with she did know, she was working with some new distributors, but that she really appreciated me keeping a weather eye out for her.

I am sure others will see it differently, but I don't think you were being a 'snitch'. Nor where you doing anything wrong. You were just concerned for the rights of someone whose honesty you appreciated. And really... a lot of the time, it isn't that hard to ask permission. Particularly if you want to share something as personal as a video journal, or writing.

HUGS. You are fine. Though I do think you would look cute with golden wings :)

[bleedingangel84.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for commenting. It makes me feel better to know that I'm not the only one who would speak up in a similar situation. I kind of wondered how to handle this, but I thought about what I would want someone to do if it were my video and went with my gut. The guy who posted the original video was thankful that I'd told him about it, so that makes me feel much better about the whole thing. *hugs* Thank you so much for the support and validation. It means a lot.

Lol somehow I can't picture myself with wings, but it would be a trip, I bet.

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

You absolutely did the right thing! Don't doubt it for a moment. And, don't worry about the name-caller calling names. He's just pissed that someone called bullshit on him. Any wrongdoing is totally on his own head, and you had every right to let the original vidder know that something of his had been re-uploaded without permission.

The other jackass is showing classic symptoms of blaming the "witness" for the fact that he was convicted of a crime. It's not YOUR fault; it's HIS...for committing the "crime" in the first place.

[bleedingangel84.livejournal.com]

Thank you for saying that. It really does make me feel a lot better about all this.