In what can only be considered a desperation move, YouTube has started removing public domain cartoons from their site. From CartoonBrew:

What is most disturbing about this indiscriminate purge of cartoons is that they've also removed dozens of public domain cartoons which were legally posted on their site. Warner shorts like EATIN' ON THE CUFF, PORKY'S MIDNIGHT MATINEE and A DAY AT THE ZOO, as well as the Fleischer SUPERMAN shorts, are all films that have entered the public domain, and can be freely reedited, redistributed and resold without permission from anybody. Unfortunately, YouTube has shown a woeful ignorance of copyright law and removed these films citing a baseless "terms of use violation" clause.

This is what happens in the world created by the Hollywood cartels. Sites like YouTube are so scared of being slapped with huge infringement suits that they are willing to remove legal (and funny) cartoons.

Via TV Squad