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Viacom takes down SL fan video of Stephen Colbert

Posted on March 23, 2007 by

Cobertvidtakedown

<rant> This just steams my beans.  Stephen Colbert nearly pleads for this kind of fan adoration, and when some enterprising SL machinimators create a video in homage to him, his parent company Viacom issues a DMCA takedown on their ass. Next up: NBC goes after children creating shadow puppets that resemble characters from "Lost." </rant>

Video still available, for now, on Second Life community video page.

3 thoughts on “Viacom takes down SL fan video of Stephen Colbert”

  1. Rafi Santo says:
    March 23, 2007 at 9:21 pm

    Wow. Way to get even lamer Viacom.

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  2. Hiro Pendragon says:
    March 24, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    This *should* be protected under fair use, since Steven Colbert is a celebrity, not a fictional character.

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  3. Torley says:
    March 26, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    I wonder how Colbert feels about this, or if he’s even watched it? And I mean Colbert the man, the individual, not any company claiming to represent him, which may have an opinion differing or completely contrary.
    Where is parody counted in all of this?
    Here’s to hoping it was premature and not well thought-through, a la the Electric Slide takedown:
    » http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_03.php

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