No matter how it's argued, DR Jennifer, it was still illegal and copyrighted and someone took issue with it.
Many times, things appear on youtube, and elsewhere, and the owners of the copyright "don't" make an issue of it. Sometimes, it's far too much trouble, or it's too costly.
Fact is, though, that there are tens of thousands of copyright violations on the internet at any given time...if that few.
So...if it disappeared, it means someone took serious issue with it. In this case, it's probably because it involves music from a current show on Broadway, and the clips are from a current show on TV trying to find a future cast for the show.
Just because everybody else does this stuff doesn't make it right.
Ditto.
In fact, there is an now an office over at Equity that will routinely monitor what's put up on YouTube, and will have things taken off the site if they are deemed in violation of copyright -
as well as the rights' of the actors, technicians, musicians and production staff involved with the show. Alas, there really is just too much stuff on there to be wiped out in one fell swoop, but, again, as DR Ron Pulliam stated, that doesn't make it right. -And it seems that most of the TV networks don't take action themselves - even though they could - since the clips act as free promotion for their shows.
My guess is that the quality of the clips that the "best poster" posted more than likely prompted immediate action. *And since the MTV show does show clips from the actual Broadway production, both the theatrical
and TV unions would and could have issue with posting clips from the show. *And if you had access to the reports of the initially botched agreements to have
Legally Blonde taped and broadcast on MTV in the first place, you'd probably would not be so upset/annoyed that the clips were taken down. Attention - and people! - must be paid!
