Most of you know Beyoncé took an impromptu stage dive during performance last week. Good news: She was ringing the alarm at the time. Bad news: After Sony/BMG circulated a “takedown request,” citing copyright infringement, the folks at Google/YouTube started removing versions of the video footage from their systems. As Wired notes — albeit more elegantly — what’s the big deal?
In every clip I watched, the audio quality was terrible, and posting it should not be considered copyright infringement. In many versions, you can barely tell what’s playing, due to the clip’s short length and distorted sound. Regardless of whether the posting of low-quality audio or video clips should be considered infringement, Google/YouTube’s takedown system will tighten up this fall when it implements the new content filters it has agreed to install. The thing is, if Beyonce takes another stage dive after this system is in place, people are still going to find out about it. And they’re still going to want to see it, they’ll just learn not to go to YouTube.
Were people watching the video to catch a crappy
clip from a widely available Beyoncé track or because the diva took a fall? Let’s put it this way: The song she was singing was “Ring The Alarm.” You’ve probably heard it. So, you totally won’t wanna take the jump to see it again, live, with Beyoncé taking a little trip on YouTube.
We rest, your honor. And hey nice job getting rid of those clips, Google.
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O good thing my computer’s sound card is not working while I just played that clip, I mean I really don’t want to break any copyright laws…. so, dear Sony/BMG, I didn’t hear anything. Seriously tough, I wouldn’t want to clog up my precious ipod disk space with Beyonce anyway so don’t worry about me stealing anything of hers…. however, her falling is damn funny and probably will boost her internet popularity. It’s honestly the first beyonce link I cared enough to actually click on. So, do yourself and business a favor, keep it up on youtube and let us have a laugh….
ring the alarm is a cursed song- that’s how stephen colbert fell and broke his wrist!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_en_ot/people_stephen_colbert
Well, no alarm ringing for me anytime soon!
Seriously, that looked like a mad tumble, it’s amazing she got back up and kept going, and going…
Serves her right for wearing that ridiculous get-up.
@ Faye
Your comment made me laugh more than that clip of Beyonce falling. Almost.
Serves her right for being Beyonce
“Let’s put it this way: The song she was singing was ‘Ring The Alarm.’”
Singing? Wasn’t she lip-synching?
No she was singing. Seriously, she was singing.
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I guess she falls silently then…only Beyonce.
Stereogum is hilarious.
Hot successful women like Beyonce/Rihanna are made fun of. At the same time as you drool over average looking nobodies.
Stew,
Beyonce’s style is so over the top it’s almost on the same level as many drag queens…. Where as “average looking nobodies” probably seem more “real”…. Get it?
im thinking they did this out of fear it would be exposed shes a lip syncher