I’m receiving tons of information that proves that YouTube is NOT halting removing of videos as mentioned in the New York Post, Naperville Sun, iMedia connection, and multiple other media outlets (as well as Slashdot). A media blogger who has been on the forefront of this story, Jeff from NewsCloud/Idealog, has blogged again about the [...]
Despite press reports, Comedy Central YouTube Clips continue to disappear
November 2, 2006 By
My entirely unscientific news report on YouTube clips being put back on YouTube
November 1, 2006 By
The New York Post reports that Viacom relesed this statement on Tuesday: “Like our peers in the media industry, we are focused on finding the right business model for professionally created content to be legally distributed on the Internet,” Viacom officials wrote yesterday in a statement. “We want our audiences to be able to access [...]
So what YouTube clips got pulled down exactly? Idealog has the answer.
November 1, 2006 By
Jeff, the NewsCloud blogger who broke the story about the Great YouTube Purge of 2006, has come back to defend his story and give a thorough explanation of what exactly happened, including graphs and charts. If you would like a detailed analysis of exactly what happened with the Colbert clips on YouTube, Idealog has documented [...]
New Reports In – Viacom in negotiations with YouTube to allow Colbert/Stewart clips
October 31, 2006 By
This just in from AdWeek.com Viacom, YouTube Strive for Accord October 31, 2006 By Mike Shields/Mediaweek NEW YORK After Viacom sent YouTube a letter last week asking the video-sharing site to remove some of its copyrighted content, the two companies appear to have reached an understanding. The letter requested that YouTube remove some Viacom proprietary [...]
The latest Conspiracy Theories and fodder in the blogosphere – The Great YouTube Purge of 2006
October 31, 2006 By
Stephen Colbert and Colbert Report fans are already going “underground” via fan sites and e-mails, spreading the news about YouTube videos that have yet to be yanked. HowardOwens.com has written some theory as to what is happening to the YouTube videos and why some are visible and some are not: Possible explanations for the disconnect [...]
THE BLOGOSPHERE ERUPTS – The Great YouTube Purge of 2006
October 30, 2006 By
We’ve reported it here, and reports are coming in from all over the Colbertophileoverse (and our sister communities who support The Daily Show) about the yanking of the Colbert/Stewart clips off of YouTube. Now the mainstream blogosphere has created a title wave of posts with detailed reports on how the Google purchase of YouTube is [...]
THE MEDIA RESPONDS – New York Times notices the Great YouTube Purge of 2006
October 29, 2006 By
People of our generation remember some of the great moments in shared media history – those “free for a week” HBO specials, the day Napster died, and getting to watch Janet Jackson over and over on Tivo. Now we have a new Pop Culture memory – the great YouTube Purge of 2006. I reported a [...]
WARNING TO ALL YOUTUBE FANS: Comedy Central is bringing the hammer down!
October 27, 2006 By
Reports have been leaking in from all over the Colbertophileosphere that Comedy Central is starting to send out Cease and Desist letters to YouTube subscribers who have posted Colbert Report clips as well as having YouTube yank the clips down. This has happened to multiple people – this is not an isolated event. The glory [...]