YouTube Takes Down Oscar Clips

February 28, 2007

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YouTube Takes Down Oscar Clips

This year’s Academy Awards were particularly sweet for director Martin Scorsese, who received his first Oscar in five nominations for his behind the camera work in The Departed, which was also awarded the Oscar for Best Picture.

Unfortunately for Scorsese, he won’t be able to relive the moment on Oscars, nor does it pursue any ventures in the secondary market by offering home video versions of previous ceremonies. So, I’m really not quite sure what would prompt such a request.

Scott Kirsner, writing for
For YouTube, the takedown notices just keep coming. Traffic to the site, however, doesn’t seem to be suffering in the wake. Several web analysts continue to report that YouTube is experiencing the highest volume of traffic in the history of the site, thanks in no small part to increased exposure by Google in its search results.

The question, however, is will the trend continue in the face of continued copyright issues?

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