YouTube's coolness reborn?

About a month ago, I bemoaned Comedy Central's removal of all its video clips from YouTube. This came as no surprise, following Google's purchase of the very popular Website. After all, deep pockets = big lawsuits.

However, today I was doing some general browsing on YouTube and I found page after page of Comedy Central clips, specifically TDS, my favorite political show ever.

So, perhaps reports of YouTube's demise were greatly exaggerated? I'm not convinced yet, but I'm cautiously optimistic. I'll resume bringing you some of my favorite clips from TDS shortly, and we'll see how long they stay up.

After thinking about it for a while, it makes sense that Google will strike deals with companies to allow video clips to be displayed on YouTube. After all, it didn't spend $1.5 billion on the Website, only to have its hits evaporate as a result of pulling so much content, illegal or otherwise. So, some deal making was/is inevitable. I haven't heard or read anything about a deal with Comedy Central, but there was a handshake somewhere, or I wouldn't be finding all of this content.

Stay tuned.

Let the YouTube lawsuits begin

I'm disappointed, but not surprised.

Today, Viacom, the distributors of Comedy Central, ordered YouTube to take down all clips of Comedy Central and The Colbert Report.

Funny how this announcement happens a mere weeks after YouTube sells out (pun intended) to Google. Now that the source of so many TV clips has deep pockets, you just knew that these clips would suddenly become a copyright concern. Duh.

It won't be long before I'm over YouTube, honestly. Or, I'll be moving on to the new YouTube. There will always be one out there.

As of a few minutes ago, there were a few clips still up in my archives, but a quick check revealed more Comedy Central clips removed than remaining.

That sucks, but that's media conglomerates for you.