Wow - so the video has been pulled by EMI for copyright claims. This means one of two things:
1) The video was done illegally which, judging by your note, doesn't seem correct.
2) This company is so colossally stupid about new media that they think it is a BAD thing if lots and lots of people watch their music video on youtube. Isn't the whole point of a music video for lots of people to watch it? Isn't it a piece of promotion?
Apparently one of the big studios recently did the same thing when a new trailer of a film (possibly watchmen) showed up on youtube. WTF? Isn't that a good thing?
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posted by Noah @ 2/24/2009 11:27 AM
Wow, that was quick. I linked to it after seeing it posted this morning on Pitchfork. Perhaps it was a pre-release version? It's not mentioned on the band's official site (http://www.depeche-mode.com/home/), so that's probably the case.
I will admit that I was hoping to see a better quality version of the video since the night photography is pretty beautiful.
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 2/24/2009 11:51 AM
Or maybe it was all intentional. You know?
Put it up for a little while. Get some attention. Then quickly pull it. Now people start talking and anticipation builds.
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posted by @ 2/24/2009 1:25 PM
