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   More Viral...

   

   Uday Shankar, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 8:08am

   
   

   Could that have been the point? Now that Viacom has sent a takedown notice, more people have found the video. Perhaps they used the Streisand effect as a method of advertising. I certainly didn't know about this video until you mentioned it.

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   Give Viacom what it thinks it wants

   

   bshock, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 8:14am

   
   

   Take down that viral video now. Take down any video on YouTube that might have anything at all to do with Viacom.
   
   Scower the web. Remove any and all content involving Viacom.
   
   In fact, stop writing about Viacom on this blog or any other.
   
   Viacom deserves to be forgotten.

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   Dogs Tail

   

   Fushta, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 8:25am

   
   

   I didn't know about this video either since I haven't watched MTV in over a decade.
   
   This story is like the dog who bites its own tail. It's too brainless to know that it's hurting itself.

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   It was not a viral video

   

   brundlefly76, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 9:11am

   
   

   This was not a viral video - it was a segment produced for the MTV Movie Awards which happened to spoof the making of a corporate viral video as its subject.

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   Gunnar, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 9:41am

   
   

   It's a viral video. You don't make viral videos, they become viral when they're spread around from person to person, like this was.

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   Re: More Viral...

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 10:03am

   
   

   It's just more evidence that bad things happen when lawyers make business decisions.

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   YouTomb

   

   TheDock22, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 10:06am

   
   

   Actually I read the stats from the YouTomb project and was surprised the RIAA has only request one take down. I guess they are more focused on audio files than music videos.

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   bob, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 11:00am

   
   

   If it wasn't viral before, it's certianly viral now.
   It's also damn funny in an "ow my balls" kind of way.
   
   You can find it here.

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   Epitomizes

   

   Jason, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 11:21am

   
   

   ...savoir fail.

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    Re: Give Viacom what it thinks it wants

    

    EFF Viacom, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 12:07pm

    
    

    Oh yeah, I second that one. Eff'm ever since "Rock the Vote"

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    Irony

    

    Michael Setzer, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 1:11pm

    
    

    Ironically one of the companies involved in the production of "Tropic Thunder" is Dreamworks SKG, which as everyone knows, was bought out a few years ago by Viacom/Paramound Pictures.;-D

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    Irony

    

    Michael Setzer, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 1:11pm

    
    

    Ironically one of the companies involved in the production of "Tropic Thunder" is Dreamworks SKG, which as everyone knows, was bought out a few years ago by Viacom/Paramound Pictures. If Viacom were smart, they'd turn this into an opportunity to market the movie.;-D

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    It's for the lawsuit

    

    Josh, Jun 12th, 2008 @ 1:24pm

    
    

    It's hard to successfully sue a company for damages while continuing to use their services. Until the lawsuit is settled expect any viacom related media to be removed from YouTube.

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    Re:

    

    Brandon, Jun 13th, 2008 @ 8:40am

    
    

    You might have found the real reason Viacom wants it down off of YouTube. To force you to go to MTV's website in order to view it, thus making Viacom ad money.

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