“YouTube has no ethics, it's been created for the sole purpose of entertainment and money.” Do you agree?

Yes, I agree that YouTube has no ethics and that it has been created for the sole purpose of entertainment and money. YouTube, a website created in 2005, offers thousands of videos, ranging from funny clips to movies to television shows. Much controversy arises when people consider the role YouTube play and would play in their everyday lives. This is due to lawsuits and copyright issues. For example, according to an article dated March 16, 2007 in the newsweek magazine, “many YouTube clips consist of copyrighted material owned by established companies like Viacom”.

YouTube today is clearly an entrepreneur success, serving over 100 million videos and receiving about 65,000 video uploads each day. According to Alexa which is an online site that provides statistics of web traffic, YouTube is ranked the 10th most popular website, which obviously shows that it serves as a major entertainment medium to attract people worldwide. However, the fact that YouTube has no ethics is proved by the “Thailand blocks access to YouTube” on BBC news. YouTube contained a video showing “graffiti over the king's face” which was offensive to the Thais. Thus, this has caused the site to be banned in Thailand. YouTube’s refusal to remove the film showed that the managers of YouTube does not care about the morals behind the videos or the unrest caused by them, but only care about the profits they can achieve.

References:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~nngai/index.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17653832/site/newsweek/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6528303.stm