Google: RickRoll Video Removal Was a Mistake
It's okay, guys. The Rickroll video is back.
We've known each other for so long; I knew Rick Astley wasn't lying when he said he was never going to give me up, let me down, run around and desert me. He said he'd never make me cry, say goodbye, or tell a lie and hurt me, and it was the truth.*
Yesterday YouTube removed the original Rickroll video from the video sharing site. Now, it's back and the video sharing site says the removal of the video was "accidental." According to CNet, Google has said it was removed by accident.
Confused? So were we. Sure, it's lame that it got removed, but you can't deny that it violates the terms of service; it's strange that they put it back up, mistake or not. However, it seems some YouTube users had flagged the video as spam and it was removed by accident.
"With 20 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, we count on our community members to know our Community Guidelines and to flag content they believe violates them," a statement from the company read. "We review all flagged content quickly, and if we find that a video does violate the guidelines, we remove it, on average in under an hour. We also have a team that is dedicated to identifying and removing spam from YouTube. Occasionally, a video flagged by users or identified by our spam team is mistakenly taken down. When this is brought to our attention, we review the content and take appropriate action, including restoring video or videos that had been removed."
*In refraining from hiding any glorious Rick Astley links in today's and yesterday's posts, I reserve the right to make horrible references to Astley's lyrics. Give and take, lads, give and take.
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ah, that feels better
Guys! I just found this AWESOME video of Hillary Duff's proposal reaction! Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eda [...] ature=fvst
"Never gonna give you up!"
Guys! I just found this AWESOME video of Hillary Duff's proposal reaction! Check it out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eda [...] ature=fvst
Damn!
You got me.
Damn!You got me.
You're kidding right? You fell for that here?
NOOOOOOO! there must be a mistake, rick roll needs to go!
What's all the fuss about. I never heard of rickroll. From the looks of it I didn't miss anything.
who wouldn't? it's Hillary Duff's proposal for christ sake!
With 20 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube
Goodness!! I knew they used a lot of bandwidth, but I had no idea.
Sweet!
who wouldn't? it's Hillary Duff's proposal for christ sake!
I think it's more how she accepted that has people talking... Silly, silly girl.
http://thesuperficial.com/2010/02/ [...] fm_index=3
Guys! I just found this AWESOME video of Hillary Duff's proposal reaction! Check it out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eda [...] ature=fvst
Hahaha, Germans are immune to this...
In refraining from hiding any glorious Rick Astley links in today's and yesterday's posts, I reserve the right to make horrible references to Astley's lyrics. Give and take, lads, give and take.
Only 'cause it's you Jane, only 'cause it's you.
I think it's more how she accepted that has people talking... Silly, silly girl. http://thesuperficial.com/2010/02/ [...] fm_index=3
Haha, was she doing what we all think she was doing?
Haha, was she doing what we all think she was doing?
A special hug.
The link here should have just sent you to the link directly.
Lulz
They need to Rickroll the removal of the Rickroll... no, wait!!
Anyway... I think we need to start a NEW "roll" fad. It's time gentlemen... for the HoffRoll!
Now, all we need are a few of those German David Hasselhoff music videos from the 80's and we are in business.
I think they took it down so that VEVO could claim its views
Dang. They removed the spoof on the rickroll video. I loved that vid...the one where some guy dubs his own made up lyrics to the rickroll vid. It was called "Rick Roll: The Literal Version"
You know whats wierd... RickRoll has been removed again!
http://www.CNN.com/Youtube
oh burned myself...
I created the above link to rickroll you but when its on this site it doesn't work
http://dontclickthis.whatingods.name/duckroll.jpg where it all started. For those of you who know your internets history.
This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
I'm in the US...wth
This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.I'm in the US...wth
Its blocked in Canada too.
This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.I'm in the US...wth
^ This, USA.
"This video contains content from Sony Music Entertainment. It is no longer available in your country."
. Thumbs down aren't welcome but inevitable, I guess)
No biggie.
Note: I'm not in the USA (which, considering the Patriot Act, the NRA and FOX News, isn't necessarily a bad thing ...
Am I the only one here sick of hearing the words "rickroll" and "meme"?