Mine: You Can't Take It

Many have covered the hit song with the famous lyric, "For once I can say "This is mine you can't take it...'"

For the many who try to steal the song, "this is mine, you can't take it" means the file is deleted, and increasingly, the blog is deleted, too.

Recently visitors to various sites at wordpress, myopera and blogger have seen "violation of terms of service" where the free downloads once were or a 404 notice or a "banned user" logo.

"Mine, you can't take it," is what YouTube bloggers are discovering. Recently Comedy Central forced YouTube (owned by Google, which also owns Blogspot) to suspend offending members and remove copyrighted TV, movie and music clips.

I happen to enjoy YouTube. I like being able to find the best clips of some TV show or news show laid out for me to watch any time I want. I like being able to view music videos, too. But you know what? If it's not there for me, I understand why. It's the copyright owner trying to make a statement.

That statement is that if YouTube wants to make a name for itself and make ad money they should do it with licensed material.

Bloggers who want to make a name for themselves should do it by providing something of their own, and not by stealing from others.

"Mine, You Can't Take It." Shouldn't an adult be ashamed not to understand that simple five-word sentence?