{"id":2411,"date":"2008-11-18T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.adambowie.com\/2008\/11\/irony_layered_o\/"},"modified":"2008-11-18T13:11:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-18T13:11:09","slug":"irony_layered_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.adambowie.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/irony_layered_o\/","title":{"rendered":"Irony Layered on Irony"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a new series of The IT Crowd starting this week on Channel 4. Hurrah!
\nIn the last series, one of the episodes opened with Roy and Moss sitting down to watch a DVD. We then saw a brilliant mock DVD piracy advert to warn viewers of how bad the criminals you’re supporting are if you buy pirate DVDs.
\nWe all hate these things – and they only ever show up on legal DVDs.
\nAnyway, I grabbed the video and put it on YouTube<\/a>. It’s 45 seconds long, and it’s been there since September last year. Of course it’s not mine, and there are loads of other versions of it online as well. Writer Graham Linehan<\/a> obviously touched a nerve.
\nSo how amusing today to get the following email:
\n
\nDear adambowie00,
\nYour video “Video Piracy” has been identified by YouTube’s Content Identification program as containing copyrighted content which Channel 4 claims is theirs.
\nYour video “Video Piracy” is still available because Channel 4 does not object to this content appearing on YouTube at this time. As long as Channel 4 has a claim on your video, they will receive public statistics about your video, such as number of views. Viewers may also see advertising on your video’s page.<\/em>
\nAs I’ve said, before, I’m happy that Channel 4 has an enlightened attitude to using YouTube like this.
\nBut I can’t be the only person to see the irony of the situation here…
\nBTW – I do of course own a copy of the boxset of Series 1 and Series 2 of The IT Crowd which are authored brilliantly! I would still advocate that an elightened attitude leads to more revenues in the long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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