YouTube Movies

I have been pointing out the number of movies one could watch for free on YouTube. Alas, this is no longer true. Since Google is trying to monetize Youtube, in addition to the ads we all skip, they now are much more vigilant on what they allow someone to upload. Now there are channels to which one can subscribe, by paying a fee. Roger Corman, the king of the B movie, has a channel now. Other channels exist. The problem is that I, as an average consumer, will not know who owns the right to what. Let's say I want to watch every Charlie Chan movie ever made. (I enjoy white guys pretending to be Chinese.) Where can I do this? Netflix has a good number of them, but not all.

I would not mind paying, but I can't. The rights are scattered across many providers. Disney will not allow Mickey Mouse to become a part of the public domain, so the copyright restrictions continue in perpetuity, not the set number of years originally envisioned in such laws. This is, well ... Mickey Mouse.

So I will continue what I do and not have cable service, but my selection of movies is dropping. I have Netflix, and Hulu and that is enough for me. Although the commercials on Hulu are getting more and more annoying, and I predict I will be canceling it soon. At $100 a year I can purchase 4 TV seasons a year. This is more than I watch.

So there will no longer be YouTube movie recommendations from me. There are not very many, and when they exist, they get canned quickly.

I periodically look at the various Internet TV options, but they are not good. I plan to blog on some non-TV options in the future.

Well back to the Russian TV I am watching where a Caucasian woman has dyed her skin black and is imitating Gloria Gaynor. She may survive, but I won't. Actually, except the Gaynor imitation, the Russian impersonation program is good, Marilyn Monroe is next! Indeed, "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."