According to Taloussanomat the Finnish broadcasting companies YLE and MTV3 now condemn the display of their tv-shows on YouTube. Jussi Tunturi from YLE says that YouTube is clearly breaking the law, because one may not use another’s material on an internet site without permission, and he is certain that no such permission has been given from YLE. The broadcasters say they will not tolerate any copyright infringements and see no option but to start talks with Google. Tunturi also wonders where on earth YouTube got their material from.

My first thought – What a frigging dumbass! I think Tunturi is confused as to the nature of YouTube, perhaps he’s never heard of Web 2.0. You know, It’s not very difficult to upload a video to YouTube, so it’s no wonder YouTube’s full of Kummeli and Studio julmahuvi clips. I find it interesting that it took YLE and MTV3 so long to figure out that their shows “air” also on YouTube. So what’s their next move? I think they should do the obvious thing and sue Google. I bet that would be fun. Or better yet, sue their viewers. Sue everyone who has uploaded YLE’s shows to YouTube. Start a massive anti copyright infringement campaign and sue all Kummeli and Studio Julmahuvi fans. It’s clear that they are losing revenue every second due to YouTube. I mean, who would buy a 4h Kummeli DVD when you can view a 2min clip on YouTube for free?

The television licence fee in Finland is 200.7€ per year. For that much money you get utter crap. Desperate Housewives and Lost are now on their third seasons in the US, in Finland they just started the second season. Any good movies on TV tonight? Let me check… definately no.

In my opinion the best way to enjoy TV-series is by buying the DVD-set. You get hours and hours of your favourite tv-show, with no commercials and zero interruptions. Now I have never had a TV, and I never will. I have better things to do with my time and my money. Who the hell needs television? That’s ancient shit, especially now that we have YouTube (slight pun intended).

P.S. If you’ve never heard of Touko Pouko or Studio Julmahuvi, check out this clip (in Finnish).
Update: The Inquirer now has this story.