Vidmeter has released a study, which examines the issue of copyrighted videos on YouTube. According to the study "Analysis of Copyrighted Videos on YouTube.com", Viacom content had the most views accounting for 2.37 percent of all YouTube views.
Vidmeter kept track of the most watched YouTube videos noting the day, week, month and the most watched videos of all time. Information on each video such as number of views, the name, and the copyright holder was collected from each video's URL. The study is based on sample and not the site as a whole.
The top five videos that were removed by Viacom's request were music videos. Other popular videos that were removed were Comedy Central clips of the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, and South Park.
The study concluded that unauthorized copyright videos on Viacom should certainly defend their copyrighted material the results of this sample study bring to light that the problem of copyrighted violations is not as widespread as originally thought. Still though a problem does exist and will continue to be an issue until YouTube provides a solution.
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