User blog comment:Chevsapher/My thoughts on reprints/@comment-32500188-20140315005657

(*slow clap*)

That was beautiful. Again, this is exactly how I feel on the matter, and one of the main reasons why I rarely post reposted YT links (if at all) because we're literally dealing with several groups here that get mixed in to this whole situation:


 * Official uploads


 * Subtitles/re-ups with permission from producer,


 * Re-uploads with the purpose of promoting producer but without their consent


 * And finally... .  those who just re-up without even bothering to link back to the original video, much less credit properly. (aka, the "view whores", for lack of better terms.)

I tend to avoid the last group as much as possible, because really, there's no excuse not to at least direct people to where they can find out more about the people behind the magic. There's already enough confusion with some folks who don't know any better thinking the uploader is the one that made the video in the first place. In the case of the third group, sometimes it gets kind of hard to deal with those, as those links also have a habit of going dead regardless of credits to the producers/link-backs... but then again, sometimes for a YT reprint for non NNDers to also enjoy, those are the only other available options, since not all songs are available in a translated format to begin with, nor are all producers still on board with having their work shared on other sites besides the ones they frequent on a regular basis.

As for album exclusive songs... I'm pretty touchy on that, too, but mostly if its with albums just barely released properly. In other cases like the one you mentioned, if it's to preserve something that's extremely hard to come by or no longer available for certain reasons, then it's worth saving through those means... admitedly, I've done this in the past with some tracks on a few old tapes of mine that were nowhere to be found for listening online (not even on popular music sites either), and it would have been a shame for them to be lost without getting a chance to be rediscovered by folks who were also looking for them.