Petition Against the Blocking of Youtube.com from ...
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Author: Tony Liu
Started: February 18, 2007, 8:40:35 pm
Target: BYU Office of IT
Supporters:

88
Goal:

100,000
Goal Progress:

1% Complete
Status

Active
Since the Fall 2006 semester, BYU has been blocking access to Youtube.com from the school's network. This is an official petition against the blacklisting of that site. We, the undersigned, are against it for the following reasons:

-Initially, the block was a minor inconvenience, since many useful media clips were still accessible through Google Video. Since the purchase of Youtube by Google, most clips have been linked directly to Youtube. This has created a great number of difficulties to both instructors and students alike.

-As students at BYU, we have all signed honor code agreements promising to abide by the rules dictated within it. The forceful enforcement of these rules by the school renders our agreements useless and, for lack of a better word, a joke. It shows that BYU pretends to trust us, but is afraid to give us any actual responsibility. We kindly ask BYU to show us the respect and responsibility that we deserve as adults, members of the church and the BYU student body.

We, the undersigned students of BYU, request that the website www.youtube.com be removed from the BYU internet block list.




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Signatures
Debra Porter said 04/24/09, 8:51 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#88

Amber Bell said 04/01/09, 10:08 pm (unverified)
I support this petition. Please allow Youtube on BYU campus.
#87

Whitney Thayne said 03/23/09, 11:58 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#86

Sean Ivins said 03/19/09, 10:12 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#85

Robert Kelly said 03/17/09, 10:15 pm (unverified)
This is ridiculous. I can't even watch videos that LDS dot org post on their front page because BYU blocks youtube. Really wish I could view the videos that the church posts at youtube dot com/MormonMessages
#84

Robert Kelly said 03/17/09, 10:15 pm (unverified)
This is ridiculous. I can't even watch videos that LDS dot org post on their front page because BYU blocks youtube. Really wish I could view the videos that the church posts at youtube dot com/MormonMessages
#83

Jake Ferrin said 03/03/09, 6:21 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#82

Alex Mott said 03/03/09, 5:18 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#81

Kaitlyn Sullivan said 03/03/09, 4:36 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#80

Brock Talbot said 03/03/09, 4:26 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#79

Sierra Larson said 02/22/09, 6:00 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#78

Taylor Thomander said 12/04/08, 2:53 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#77

Ailidh Walsh said 09/25/08, 6:59 am (unverified)
I support this petition with all my heart.
#76

Brian Wilcken said 09/21/08, 12:25 am (verified)
I do not support this petition. BYU is a private institution and can block whatever they please. If you don't like it then go to some other school like UVU. You are complaining even after having been admitted to attend a highly selective religious institution of higher learning. Your complaints bespeak gross immaturity and an utter lack of appreciation for the magnitude of your stance as a student of BYU. I can list off a dozen names of young men and women who would love to be able to be in your position, but cannot due to financial or academic reasons and sometimes both. You need to adjust your paradigms and have some understanding. Quite frankly, I find your complaints against BYU to be disturbing and distressing, and to show just how much further we all have to go towards developing traits such as thankfulness, understanding and long-suffering.
#75

Bob McMallin said 09/16/08, 10:24 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#74

Nicholas Stoddard said 06/09/08, 4:45 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#73

Gordon said 05/15/08, 7:39 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#72

Fernando Lagunes Rivera said 04/19/08, 1:49 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#71

jordan Smith said 02/10/08, 1:36 pm (verified)
PLEEEAASE!!
#70

Matthew Crandall said 12/18/07, 3:42 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#69