On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Steve Timko:
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo
>
> Don't you mean
>
> http://www.hulu.com/watch/184819/the-simpsons-banksy-opening

>From TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/12/after-shooting-itself-in-the-foot-fox-allows-banksy-simpsons-intro-back-on-youtube/

After Shooting Itself In The Foot, Fox Allows Banksy Simpsons Intro
Back On YouTube

Excerpt:

Now, it isn’t entirely unusual for a major content owner to pull down
content from YouTube in hopes of maximizing their returns (and who
knows, in some cases they may actually wind up with more money as a
result of their draconian policies). But the fact that the video has
now been pulled and then re-approved just doesn’t make sense.

I’m sure that before the Simpsons episode aired, there was absolutely
no doubt around Fox headquarters as to whether or not the intro would
go viral. Banksy’s art goes viral and it appears on random street
corners — this was shown to millions of people. You’d think they’d
have a game plan laid out on how to deal with this — either pull the
video from YouTube and stick to your guns, or let its virality
flourish.

Not only did they pull the YouTube video (thereby breaking countless
links and embeds), but it looks like they’ve also been tinkering with
the sanctioned Hulu video — we embedded it in our post yesterday, and
it was busted this morning.

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