Thursday, March 22, 2007

VIACOM! AIEEEE!

Sorry.

I found this Daily Show parody of Laguna Beach, but since Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, the video had been removed due to Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube.

I actually think it's a poor decision for Viacom to include The Daily Show in this suit because the show is not released on DVD (the exception being the "Indecision: 2004" set it released) and I find a lot of the clips I missed on YouTube if I missed the television broadcast. If anything, YouTube is advertising for the program by allowing its content to be instantly accessible.

The Comedy Central website has a lot of clips to watch, but it certainly does not have the number that YouTube provided. Oh well. Viacom would rather take down the more convenient source than actually offer a better product themselves, which usually seems to be the case. Lawsuits are probably cheaper than developing a better product anyway, especially when you have your own team of attorneys.

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