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Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

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Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Amber — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:33:39 -0000

Frankly, I'm not surprised- from memory, the Academy has always been strict with external showing of their broadcasts. Few DVDs show Academy Awards acceptance speeches as an extra, for example, because they make it prohibitively expensive to.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Webbster — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:08:33 -0000

I advised visitors to my site who have clips of live performances by the band NOT to upload anything to YouTube.
Advice I give to everybody here - since the Google buy out YouTube is slowly turning to suckage.

Use DailyMotion or MetaCafe instead.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

chris — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:36:09 -0000

While your tirade contains all the stereotypical dogma about trasnparency and, of course, a healthy helping of new media buzzwords, it just isn't correct. Think about it Pete- the Oscars is still a telecast that makes money from advertising. Advertisers calculate their rates based off of what? Oh, right- people watching the show. If an audience knows that the Oscar brand will allow YouTube to steal their property, people will be less willing to watch the telecast and, consequently, rates will go down. It makes sense that they drive viewers to their website, where they draw advertisers of their own. Is this really that hard to understand through the gooey film of self-righteousness all you new media people seem to have?

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Nicolette — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:41:13 -0000

Hell, I don't even watch the Oscars...or the Grammy's...or any of these awards shows because I've always felt that they're too long and with the exception of a few instances scattered through the show, not very interesting to me. This year I've actually watched some of the footage on YouTube like Forrest Whittaker's acceptance speech and some clips of Ellen DeGeneres hosting because of the buzz I heard after the show was over. I might actually be tempted to watch next year because of those clips I saw.

But now that they're taking those clips down, they are essence taking down one of the things that might entice people like me to actually watch next year. If you're not going to watch the show to begin with, why would you go to Oscars.com to watch the "Oscar approved" clips anyway? Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Harbinger Entity — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:45:38 -0000

You tell it like it is, Pete. Once AMPAS and Viacom realize that the main reason they were improving their viewer numbers was because of all those video clips, and they try to get back into our good graces, they will learn what the RIAA has already learned: only endusers dictate the terms of their relationships with the Internet. And if content providers want to play...well, the content had better be worth it.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Jack — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:03:03 -0000

The movie industry are just going to have to learn, like the TV industry already has, that people do not want to watch things at x o'clock. They want to watch stuff when THEY want.

Sites like YouTube are not going to go away. The sooner the industries involved understand this, the better.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Brent — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:00:37 -0000

It just never ceases to amaze me just how much and often "old media" just continues to not get it. What exactly does the Academy think they are protecting themselves against - free publicity that promotes and spreads their brand far and wide. And this is a bad thing?? That people may continue the conversations outside a one night event shown on x day between the hours of y and z. Oh dear - what could happen - perhaps those with lives that do not revolve around a schedule dictated by TV demi-gods might be interested in viewing the product - when, where and how they choose. And if they are impressed with the product, they are likely to spread their good tidings to their "network of friends". Who knows, maybe when the big day comes around next year around this time, all these new found interested parties may actually deem it worth their time to schedule their time to actually watch - because they choose to. Now wouldn't that be nice.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Jimmy — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:35:25 -0000

Well said, buddy.

They should be grateful anybody wants to see that crap at all. Protecting the "value of the brand"? What a way to stick your nose up at the audience you have... pathetic.

Corporate red tape makes me so sick sometimes.

Re: YouTube Viewers Would NOT Like to Thank the Academy

Aaron — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:17:48 -0000

looks like there are still a few they didn't take down. Scroll down the list a bit...