Somebody took video of their television airing that A-Rod play last night at the ballpark formerly known as Skydome. I embedded the video here, because in this instance a video speaks more than a thousand words. About a half an hour after I embedded the video it was pulled by YouTube due to a copyright violation.
Yes, MLB owns that broadcast that was illegally shared via YouTube. It's called copyright, and it's becoming increasingly frustrating in this YouTube age. Last July I put all of my favourite YouTube videos in one entry. I actually spent quite a bit of time on the entry, but in the year that has followed I've seen my list erode. Today, only 9 out of 18 videos are still online.
- The Sweater (NFB short) - No longer available
- The Log Driver's Waltz (NFB short) - No longer available
- Touch 'Em All, Joe (MLB footage) - No longer available
- Jays Win 1992 World Series (MLB footage) - No longer available
- The Anthems in Edmonton (NHL footage) - No longer available
- Hockey Night in Canada Opening (CBC footage) - No longer available
- Terry Fox Documentary - Still online!
- Gold in Salt Lake City (CBC footage) - Still online!
- Live 8 Barrie Footage (CTV footage) - Still online!
- A Tribute to Doug Gilmour (CBC footage) - Still online!
- Gretzky Highlight Video (Fan made)- Still online!
- A Tribute to Mario Lemieux (Fan made)- Still online!
- Wayne Gretzky Legends of Hockey Segment - No longer available
- The Simpsons in Canada (Fox footage) - Still Online!
- New Orleans is Sinking (Fan made) - Still Online!
- Great White North (SCTV footage) - No longer available
- Joey and Caitlin (Degrassi footage) - No longer available
- O Canada! (Station sign-off) - Still Online!
The Most Hated Family in America got pulled, Mark Mallory's Cincinnati Heat got pulled and A Waste of a Perfectly Good Slice of Pizza got pulled.
The best YouTube clips are shared illegally and embedding such a clip here is always a gamble. You never know if it will play ten minutes later. It's a brave new world, but we've got a lot of work to do before I'm happy with it.
