Colbert's performance has been eradicated from youtube.com

[spinbaby]

I just went to one I had bookmarked and found "This video has been removed due to copyright infringement." A quick search revealed that all videos of Colbert at the White House Press dinner has been deleted. OTHER Colbert videos are still up.

Edited on discovery that 2004 video was a parody.

[lonestarnot]

1. poop

[Nomad559]

16. These videos are working

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x25673

:)

[lonestarnot]

33. Thanks Nomad559, have to get my daily dose!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. If y ou still want to view it or share it, try

www.ThankYouStephenColbert.org

I believe CrooksandLiars still has it as well.

[xultar]

3. C-SPAN requeste the removal.

[Scout1071]

7. Did they request the removal of the Bush and his double?

Don't recall that it was scrapped.

[NYCGirl]

9. The whole thing is up streaming on C-Span. And they offer a DVD

for sale — which is probably why they're asking people to take it down.

[Up2Late]

37. And now Comedy Central has a link to CSPAN on their site...

...<http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml>

Plus, they played the SC Press Conference during his show tuesday night, so if you miss that, it's at the same link.

[spinbaby]

11. Nope, found it right away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D10rgvQYk-c&search=bush%20double

Also found Bush at the 2004 press dinner.

[gkhouston]

12. yeah, and who's gonna pay money to see *that*? n/t

[rinsd]

24. You're comparing apples and oranges

That's a CNN video and it was posted by the same person as the other video you found and the posting was done very recently(May 3rd)

See my other posts for why the 2004 one is not what you think it is either.

[xultar]

36. I just know they asked for Colbert to be removed CNN reported it

this morning. The anchor-holes (sosobad and Miles) didn't have follow up questions like that.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. Good thing I torrented a copy of the full thing.

Guess I should burn it to a dvd, eh?

[Scout1071]

6. Straight away.

Then send me a copy. :D

[Systematic Chaos]

18. 1893 leechers with 318 seeders!!

That file isn't going anywhere for a good long while. Download Bit Torrent and obtain your own copies from isohunt.com.

There, I've done my good deed for the day. :evilgrin:

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

5. Get used to this kind of thing...

...it's about to become the norm. Neocons have the heavy hand of oppression and Diebold left to help in their desperate effort to hang onto the reins of power and they fully intend to use both.

[gkhouston]

10. CSPAN holds the copyright and is selling DVDs of this program

so I doubt it has anything to do with neocon oppression, lol. You can probably still watch the video at c-span.org.

[spinbaby]

13. Never mind

My mistake.

[gkhouston]

17. the one from 2004 isn't getting the buzz

that Colbert's speech is. If/when CSPAN stops offering the 2006 video, then I'll put on my :tinfoilhat:.

[rinsd]

19. Dude, check out the video....

First off, its a parody(not c-span's though it does use cspan coverage) of Bush's appearance hence all the pics of blown up children.

2nd it was posted today.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

15. If C-SPAN's motivation was...

...economic I would think the wide exposure would be a boon for them. Why threaten copyright infringement?

[gkhouston]

23. it's Colbert's remarks that are getting the attention, not the fact

that CSPAN aired the event. They get zilch if their video is downloaded from someone else's site. If they offer it free from their own site, at least they've brought eyeballs to their site. If they sell the actual DVD, even better.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

29. Well, if access to this video...

...remains relatively easy and unfettered, but has to go through CSPAN from now on, that would imply this has more to do with protecting copyright, but if access to it becomes difficult or simply dries up, that will suggest something else.

[ovidsen]

26. It's the big tease

C-SPAN got just enough wide exposure to boost awareness of Colbert's triumph to water cooler level.

Then the freebie stops, and the sales begins. I can hear the cash registers now.

[ContraBass Black]

14. Copyright enforecement is stepping up at youtube.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

25. So if Colbert's performance had...

...been funny, but completely benign with no hard truths thrown at Bush or the Washington Press Corp, and the CSPAN video was enjoying the same popularity, do you think it would still be getting pulled citing copyright infringement?

[jfxgillis]

30. Yeah. Go over to C-Span. Click "Store"

The WHCD videos and cds are huge sellers, with a healthy markup.

And, frankly, I'm sure they figured out that circumstances had gifted them with a valuable commodity.

I don't begrudge them.....

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

34. I don't question their right...

...to do this, I have reservations about their motivation and wonder what, and where, pressure may come from in a decision like this. Maybe it was purely an economic decision.

[jbnow]

38. If I were buying it

I'd pay more to not have the bush performance on it.

[ContraBass Black]

32. It would if anyone still wanted to buy it.

The video pulling at youtube is across the board.

[LiberalPartisan]

31. The focus of civil disobedience will be copyright law

Peer to Peer file exchange forever!!!

[Warpy]

8. Yep, it's still out there

and some sites have chopped it into 3 chapters, making it a little easier for folks still struggling with dialup connections.

Editor and Publisher has the full transcript for people with really, really slow dialup connections, and it reads as well as it sounded, although you can't hear the nervously polite applause and see the strained faces of people whose rubber chicken dinners suddenly turned into mildewed slug.

[eShirl]

20. I downloaded it from the bit torrent site mininova.org

with the client program Azureus

[Nutmegger]

21. Here's the answer:

I was wondering why myself and asked in another post. Link to response:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1094455&mesg_id=1094621

[rinsd]

22. Please revise you post if possible

That 2004 vid is a parody vid and it was posted today.

[Zhade]

27. And? P2P/torrents, baby!

They'll NEVER surpress the fucking truth!

[chat_noir]

28. AOL has the video

http://news.aol.com/dailypulse/050306/_a/how-funny-was-he/20060503104009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001


DU the poll while you're there!

[Up2Late]

35. Well OF COURSE! Why give away something you can sell? Or at least...

...put on a websites with ad space to sell.

I just found it made the Real Player "Real Media" browser


Front and center (it's at I-film, but I haven't looked for it there yet).

The way to find it is:

1) Open Real Player

2) Click the "Real Guide" link at the bottom of the player

3) Click on Colbert's face when you see it.

Plus, it's at Salon as a Quick time movie: <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1075073>