aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Friday, October 27, 2006
Foolish?
If you ask me, the Internet - and most especially YouTube - has made Colbert & Stewart Comedy Central the success that it is. They apparently think they don’t need it any longer.
I received a couple of emails from YouTube this afternoon...notifying me that a third party (probably attorneys for Comedy Central) had made a DMCA request to take down Colbert Report and Daily Show clips. If you visit YouTube, all Daily Show, Colbert Report and South Park clips now show “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.”
For a long time, Comedy Central has passively allowed the sharing of online clips of its shows-because let’s face it, it’s helped them generate the kind of water cooler talk that has made them a ton of money. In this Wired Interview, Jon Stewart and Daily Show Executive Producer even encouraged viewers to watch the show on the Internet…
But apparently, all good things come to an end when there is money and attorneys involved. I assume the only online clips that will remain will have to qualify under fair use - probably short clips, with social or political importance.
With Google purchasing YouTube, ComedyCentral figured there was now an opportunity aka profit center to target. And they’ve assumably made these DMCA requests to YouTube.
Clickthrough for the emails.
Via Xeni at Boing Boing.
Edited to remove my rash kiss-off Viacom reference.
