Dear Member:Great work ESPN! I wonder how infringing can a 33 seconds clip of two of your presenters eating hotdog be. I posted the clip on YouTube and on my blog posting on July 7. In that post, I reported the bizarre thing that happened during an ESPN Sportscenter news episode in which the two presenters began challenging each other in a hotdog competition. I captured a video of it and then decided to use it to accompany my posting since I felt that no amount of words can describe how funny it was. I wasn't in anyway out to infringe the copyrights of ESPN. And hey, I even provided few seconds of exposure for their sponsor Toyota at the end of the clip. So lighten up ESPN.
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by ESPN claiming that this material is infringing:
ESPN Sportscenter Hotdog Challenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9N--9JvhE4
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Previously: ESPN Sportscenter Hotdog Challenge
10 comments:
See lah. This is what happens when you become famous. 33 sec video also worries ESPN.
Its not as if you uploaded the entire sportscenter news.
wat a pity.
the video is funny.
Must be some stupid lawfirm that advised them.
ESPN is overreacting.
At least, they did not sue you or force you to shut down your blog.
Phew.
I wonder if it is the US ESPN office or the Singapore/Asia office that wants this removed.
It's fair use.
Stupid indeed.
The good thing with uploading videos to youtube and let them host it is that if there is any copyright infringement, the worst that will happen is that youtube will simply disable the video.
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