dtube.video is our first video hosting on Steem! Explore the big questions and opportunities in this post created with https://dtube.video/.

DTube takes 25% of author rewards which on a $110 post with $10 to curators would be $25. Thank you to Hive account@heimindanger for getting DTube live as shared at https://steemit.com/video/@heimindanger/introducing-dtube-a-decentralized-video-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs.

In this video I explore some big questions we have to face right away which I also typed out here!

1. Will we upvote videos that are definitely or probably violating copyright law thereby placing everyone on Steem at risk of attack from criticism (free publicity) or law suits? Within the first week we can already see a music video uploaded along with many full length movies including The Matrix, Die Hard, and other classics I love! With the earnings many of these are getting, a lot more are sure to follow! I personally think copyright needs to go and no one should have the right to claim exclusive rights to anything in their work. For example, I never file copyright claims against other creators and would not flag any of my videos uploaded to DTube. Not everyone else sees it that way ...
2. How far will we go with our uploads to DTube? Will we start grabbing our favorite pornos and uploading them alongside videos of violence and hate speech? Will DTube be a magnet for that which is banned on YouTube? I personally am against any censorship matched with education. Censorship is always about control and power while requiring shame to operate.
3. Is giving 25% of our author rewards fair or will we ask for or accept a lower or higher fee? 25% seems fair to start but what if it takes off? What if the price of Steem is 10x now or 10%? Will the fee be flexible and transparent to us at all times? YouTube currently takes 43% on ad revenue assuming they let us monetize the video at all which makes the DTube fee look great to me!

Thank you very much for reading my first post on DTube and seeing my first exclusive video here! Would you upvote for more because 25% of the rewards go to DTube?

Love,
Jerry Banfield

PS: Witness votes are the most powerful votes we make on Steem because one vote for a witness lasts indefinitely! Would you please make a vote for jerrybanfield as a witness or set jerrybanfield as a proxy to handle all witness votes at https://steemit.com/~witnesses because when we make our votes, we feel in control of our future together?

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