I remember when YouTube used to not have commercials. I understand that it needs to be able to support itself as a free service, but this just pisses me off.

Thank you, Vevo. Let me repost what I have come across from other Youtubers:

Dear Vevo,

Let me start by saying, get your corporate asses off YouTube! Ever since these big companies started paying off YouTube so they could post their friggin videos we can’t post ours. We are flagged for infringement every time we include a song we like in our videos.

This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. If we wanted to listen to music from you wed go to your damn website.To people who want greedy corporates gone thumbs up and copy this on Vevo vids.

I just wanted to watch a lovely Cheryl Cole music video. I can watch Parachute, which I do like a lot, but I thought it was funny how I couldn’t find anything on Promise This, which was released 4 months ago. Find it on the side bar and bam. Vevo.

A lot of people have been doing the tumblr scene lately and that’s cool and all, but I feel somewhat offended for all my history and time I put into what it used to be. But a part of everyone else makes me want to bring mine back. I keep saying it, but I want to try.