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Copyright Frustration In A YouTube Age

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Somebody took video of their television airing that A-Rod play last night at the ballpark formerly known as Skydome.  I embedded the video here, because in this instance a video speaks more than a thousand words.  About a half an hour after I embedded the video it was pulled by YouTube due to a copyright violation.

Yes, MLB owns that broadcast that was illegally shared via YouTube.  It's called copyright, and it's becoming increasingly frustrating in this YouTube age.  Last July I put all of my favourite YouTube videos in one entry.  I actually spent quite a bit of time on the entry, but in the year that has followed I've seen my list erode.  Today, only 9 out of 18 videos are still online.

  • The Sweater (NFB short) - No longer available
  • The Log Driver's Waltz (NFB short) - No longer available
  • Touch 'Em All, Joe (MLB footage) - No longer available
  • Jays Win 1992 World Series (MLB footage) - No longer available
  • The Anthems in Edmonton (NHL footage) - No longer available
  • Hockey Night in Canada Opening (CBC footage) - No longer available
  • Terry Fox Documentary - Still online!
  • Gold in Salt Lake City (CBC footage) - Still online!
  • Live 8 Barrie Footage (CTV footage) - Still online!
  • A Tribute to Doug Gilmour (CBC footage) - Still online!
  • Gretzky Highlight Video (Fan made)- Still online!
  • A Tribute to Mario Lemieux (Fan made)- Still online!
  • Wayne Gretzky Legends of Hockey Segment - No longer available
  • The Simpsons in Canada (Fox footage) - Still Online!
  • New Orleans is Sinking (Fan made) - Still Online!
  • Great White North (SCTV footage) - No longer available
  • Joey and Caitlin (Degrassi footage) - No longer available
  • O Canada! (Station sign-off) - Still Online!

The Most Hated Family in America got pulled, Mark Mallory's Cincinnati Heat got pulled and A Waste of a Perfectly Good Slice of Pizza got pulled.

The best YouTube clips are shared illegally and embedding such a clip here is always a gamble.  You never know if it will play ten minutes later.  It's a brave new world, but we've got a lot of work to do before I'm happy with it.

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