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Glom
15-March-2007, 10:42 PM
They couldn't have waited one more week before culling all the illegal Stargate videos?

The last episode was last night. If they'd decided to clean out tomorrow, I would have been satisfied. How's that for timing!

:mad:
Doodler
15-March-2007, 10:59 PM
I agree, laws are most inconvenient when they're actually enforced.
Moose
15-March-2007, 11:00 PM
Well considering they're getting sued as we speak...
Doodler
15-March-2007, 11:03 PM
Figured that was coming.
mike alexander
15-March-2007, 11:46 PM
I believe for $1 billion.

That's an American billion. I hope.
Whirlpool
16-March-2007, 12:44 AM
It happens.
Damien Evans
16-March-2007, 01:19 AM
I believe for $1 billion.

That's an American billion. I hope.

yes, you wouldn't want it to be a british billion...
Serenitude
16-March-2007, 03:32 AM
Who didn't see this coming? I have to clean 10 or 20 clips from my music favorites daily due to the good ole' video unavailable message.

I mean, is Adam Ant really losing money because someone put the video for "Puss'n'Boots" on YouTube? :lol:
The Supreme Canuck
16-March-2007, 03:49 AM
I mean, is Adam Ant really losing money because someone put the video for "Puss'n'Boots" on YouTube? :lol:

Doesn't matter. It's still illegal.
Occam
16-March-2007, 03:57 AM
Not that I wish to encourage illegal activities.... but why do you bookmark them, when you can download them and keep them forever? Purely for "research purposes" of course.
Serenitude
16-March-2007, 05:06 AM
Doesn't matter. It's still illegal.

Yeah, I know :-(

Not that I wish to encourage illegal activities.... but why do you bookmark them, when you can download them and keep them forever? Purely for "research purposes" of course.

I actually don't have any material on my computer I haven't paid for. But youtube often lets me find material I can't find anywere else, like said Adam Ant video. When I can find the material, I buy it. I don't have a problem with people making money on their art, but I have a huge bookmarked collection of otherwise unaccessable material. I don't, myself, download things I haven't paid for. I personally made a distinction for youtube precisely because I couldn't "save" anything from it.

But, as The Supreme one said, (and he's right) it's still illegal :evil:

Edit: Another one down, that as far as I know is not accessable anywhere else, this one just tonight: "For The Love of Money" from Obsession.
HenrikOlsen
16-March-2007, 06:12 AM
Fairly typical for this kind of thing, it's not which clips are there illegally that determines what gets deleted, it's who sued them.

I can see several complete BBC programmes are still there.
As are all the clips other clips I had bookmarked.

Incidentally, thankyouthankyouthankyou, I was triggered to look for stuff and stumbled on Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Anderson_Plays_the_Orchestral_Jethro_Tull) which was there complete.
I really have to buy that DVD:)
GeorgeLeRoyTirebiter
16-March-2007, 07:37 PM
I believe for $1 billion.

That's an American billion. I hope.

It sure would avoid a lot of confusion if we started using either scientific notation or SI prefixes when referring to large sums of money. One American billion would be either $1e9 or one gigadollar.

Who am I kidding. It makes too much sense, it'll never catch on.