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John's video with FA Cup and other sports clips is blocked on YouTube by a rights holder (2019)

story · status: told 1×, last update 2019 · last event: update (2019-02-01)

John's Tuesday video, which used hockey, soccer and football clips he did not own, was blocked on YouTube by one of the rights holders. Hank hints that a slightly modified version of it can still be watched.

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2019-02-01 told Hank says John's Tuesday video included clips of hockey, soccer and football games John did not own, and one company owning some of them blocked it on YouTube. → refers to Do You Believe in Miracles? We Have Destroyed Copyright Law 00:00:00
2019-02-01 update Hank hints that, if John looks closely, he might be able to watch his blocked Tuesday video, slightly modified. (hedged) We Have Destroyed Copyright Law 00:12:07

What is said about it

3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says piracy was excruciatingly slow before the internet but he did it anyway, recording radio mixtapes and trading fan-subbed anime tapes. (playful) — 00:00:16
  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says the internet, first through Napster, made it very easy to instantly distribute other people's property, and it didn't feel wrong. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says YouTube would not be what it is without pirated Family Guy and Daily Show clips, and Viacom sued it over them for years. — 00:00:43