Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threatens YouTube

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences threatens YouTube

google gets takedown order for oscar content

phranque

5:15 am on Mar 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

from variety [variety.com]:

Web surfers will no longer be reliving the magic moments of the 2007 Oscarcast via YouTube. The vid-viewing site complied with a Tuesday request from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to remove all unauthorized clips of the kudocast.
Several segments of the show, including host Ellen DeGeneres' opening monologue and musical numbers featuring Will Ferrell and Beyonce, had been among YouTube's most-viewed content this week.
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Ric Robertson, exec administrator for the Academy, said the organization had its content pulled "to help manage the value of our telecast and our brand."

and the oscar goes to... clueless!

Quadrille

2:04 pm on Mar 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

Shame; those speeches were so bad, that no-one else would give them house room.

Now they're lost forever! :)

maccas

2:18 pm on Mar 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

I can only imagine the anger from these same cronies when the first came across oscartorrents.

mzanzig

1:36 pm on Mar 2, 2007 (gmt 0)

Now they're lost forever! :)

I bet some kid will throw up a copy to GooTube sooner or later. It's just that it's gone for now.

Also, just as a side note, GooTube did not actually catch all the infringing videos. Just do a simple search and see what comes up. ;-)