Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9114790-20150624175947/@comment-25927581-20150624230338

If there are some utaite that allow reprinting, then they are giving general permission to anyone to reprint their videos. However, those who do not specifically forbid it either don't know that it is happening and can't defend themselves or assume people have the common sense not to reprint their work. You have to enforce ethics, not just find loopholes that benefit yourself.

If the point is to spread love on utaite, then the utaite and YouTaite with official YouTube channels may do that spreading. There are enough popular channels now to provide a gateway into the utattemita fandom. If you insist on spreading the love by reprinting, then only a short clip of the song with a link to the full on NND is necessary. You don't need a full song reprinted to showcase an utaite. It's not spreading love to the actual utaite if the fan doesn't watch the original NND upload. It only fuels an ignorant fan base.

If one honestly is interested in the utaite fandom and wants to discover more than just the utaite with YT channels, then one may migrate to NND. The English NND works well enough. If one is truly a fan, one will use NND rather than never listen to utaite covers just because it's not on YT.

It is also necessary to ask artists to reprint their work before posting it. Artists also get disrespect when people repost without their permission, and it's a growing problem in the art community as well. Mizo's argument in fact should be applied to everything we reprint, as you said (in an attempted counter argument).

Belive it or not, there are reprinters who do monetize their reprints, which is not okay. NND singers pay to upload videos to NND, and some fans make money taking that work and reprinting on YT. Some don't even give credit to the singer or provide a link to the original. Supporting reprinters gives some people the mentality that it's okay to do this, or they are oblivious of those who monetize the reprints.

People can discover the fandom easily, as times are changing and utaite are starting YT channels. Popular youtaite channels work as a  transistion to discovering NND utaite. More and more youtaite are also springing up. Reprinters can get in the way of actual utaite channels, as they steal views. For example, I've noticed that some of Reol's reprints show up in more video suggestions than her own videos.

Reprints are bad if the uploader isn't specifically given permission to reprint them. They aren't necessary. They aren't worth disrespecting utaite for English speaker's sake. And if you insist on using them to promote utaite, only reprint a small clip of the song and link to the full.