Viacom Demands YouTube Take Down Viral Video Made By Viacom
from the read-that-again dept
We know that Viacom really dislikes YouTube, but it seems to have taken that hatred a bit beyond reasonable (assuming you don't already consider its $1 billion lawsuit unreasonable). For the MTV Movie Awards (MTV being a Viacom property), Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. made a "spoof" viral video to try to get attention for their upcoming comedy movie, Tropic Thunder. The clip was well done, and clearly recognized all the key ingredients to make a viral video a winner. So what happens with a viral video? Well, it gets sent around and, most likely, gets placed on YouTube.So, what does Viacom do? Well, thanks to reader Cannen for pointing out the news that Viacom sent a takedown notice to YouTube. MIT's YouTomb project is tracking the takedown. It makes you wonder if Viacom is so blinded by its hatred of YouTube that it missed the point of a viral video being that it be allowed to be... you know... viral.
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Filed Under: takedown, tropic thunder, viral video
Companies: google, viacom, youtube
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More Viral...
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Re: More Viral...
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Give Viacom what it thinks it wants
Scower the web. Remove any and all content involving Viacom.
In fact, stop writing about Viacom on this blog or any other.
Viacom deserves to be forgotten.
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Re: Give Viacom what it thinks it wants
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Dogs Tail
This story is like the dog who bites its own tail. It's too brainless to know that it's hurting itself.
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It was not a viral video
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YouTomb
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It's also damn funny in an "ow my balls" kind of way.
You can find it here.
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Epitomizes
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Irony
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Irony
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It's for the lawsuit
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