Social media like this
is how we communicate today.
But, if you post what some people
consider the wrong thing,
or an unpopular opinion,
your post might get deleted,
terminated,
removed.
The solution?
Well, here's one, a platform called LBRY (spelled funny).
It provides a home for all videos.
A place where they can live forever.
I have a channel here.
It carries all my videos.
(Is Google doing creepy things to us?)
I'm glad LBRY exists
because it gives everyone a chance to see everything.
Videos here are nearly impossible to take down
because they use decentralized
blockchain technology.
2.5 million people, in April, came on
LBRY founder Jeremy Kauffman
is delighted that his site is growing.
When I first covered it, two years ago,
the site was small,
but it had already rescued thousands of videos.
(Because carbon and hydrogen are non-polar)
(those are insoluble)
For example, for years, anyone could access
the 20,000 college lectures
on the University of California's website,
for free.
But then, President Obama's justice department
sent Berkeley this threatening letter.
Berkeley is in violation of Title 2.
The Attorney General may initiate a lawsuit.
It's all because of a well-intended law
called the Americans with Disabilities Act
All lectures are being deleted
so now no one can access them.
Berkeley took its videos down
because closed captioning is expensive.
Everyone's treated equally.
Hearing people have no advantage over the deaf.
Nobody gets to see the videos.
Government equality police doing their work.
But...
Fortunately, the videos will survive
thanks to the internet
and pissed off entrepreneurs
like Jeremy Kauffman.
We're going to keep it available.
Kauffman downloaded all the Berkeley videos
before they were taken down
and reposted them at LBRY.
The justice department might say
you're making life tougher
for deaf people.
It's ridiculous to say
this content can't be available
unless it's subtitled for deaf people.
Do you want to put a gun to
someone's face and say caption those videos?
It's absurd.
It is absurd.
But, what government does is often absurd.
Thank goodness for the internet
and people like Kauffman.
Someone willing to spend his own money,
to keep information free.
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