Oscars clips yanked off YouTube
Cory Bergman February 28th, 2007
The Academy issued a DMCA request and YouTube complied by pulling down clips of Sunday’s Academy Awards show, which featured Ellen’s opening monologue and the entertaining bit by Will Ferrell and Jack Black, among others. Meanwhile, the highly-promoted Oscar.com features a single five-minute highlight clip and some backstage video, but nothing more from the 4-hour show. When asked, Academy executive Ric Robertson said there were no plans to post more clips on Oscars.com, and the current clips will eventually vanish to “whet people’s appetite for next year’s show.” Um. Will someone remind Robertson that the networks have proven over and over again that posting video online increases demand for the same show on TV, not supresses it. But hey, it’s the Academy. Would you expect anything more?
8 Comments Add your own
1. Jonathan Marks | February 28th, 2007 at 3:40 am
These jokers - and the entire International Olympic Committee - need to go into the Global Hall of Shame for their complete misunderstanding of the way the media works these days. Definitely certified crazy…..
2. discreet_chaos | February 28th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Uh… It’s the Academy Awards. It’s one of the most-watched events on television and it only happens once a year.
They really don’t need any more viewers and if someone were to get their appetite whet this week, they’ll have to wait a whole year to get another taste and well; I kind of find it doubtful that someone is going to tune-in to the Academy Awards because of something they had seen on YouTube, twelve months prior.
It’s either something a person will watch or they won’t and it’s pretty well-hyped, all on its own.
3. thedetroitchannel | February 28th, 2007 at 6:14 am
the keyword “clips” brings up some funny google ads;
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maybe it was discreet’s id that picked it up
4. Hussman | February 28th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Wow… the idiocy of this both does and does not amaze me.
5. Steve | February 28th, 2007 at 7:49 am
I think they were ticked over the YT clip shown on Defamer that allegedly shows Clint Eastwood getting a handjob during Marty’s acceptance speech. He wasn’t, but you know how rumor spreads on the internets.
6. Steve Safran | February 28th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Remember: this is the same group that tried to shame us into not watching movies on DVD. It’s too easy to get upset with them. They don’t get it. They’re not going to.
7. Ask ZuDfunck | February 28th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
On my site I linked over to Forest Whitaker’s acceptance speech.
It’s still up.
Don’t tell anyone ‘K?
Z
8. Uncle Rupert | February 28th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I am waiting someone to come up with an online show that gives out awards and COMPETES with the real Oscars.
Imagine if the porn industry held their Oscars on the same night with free video access to anyone? And maybe they would allow free streaming of the adult stars for preview sake. You’d have everyone and their brother accessing the porn Oscars online and the feeble real Oscars stroking itself.
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