Thursday, August 18, 2011

Youtube Round 3!

After doing a bit of research on the subject, it does sound like this was simply the work of youtube trolls flagging random popular pony channels. (Again)

Hasbro can't legally say they didn't do it.  It is their copyright.  The Facebook response didn't actually confirm anything, and simply gave people an alternate location to get their episode fix from.

If the end of the world does come, I'll report it. But for now, it seems like we are safe.  


257 comments:

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Anonymous said...

I hate trolls.

Xiagu said...

Yay, ponyocalpyse averted!

Anonymous said...

Ah, perfect.

Sir Ginger said...

Oh thank Celestia.

Anonymous said...

In the words of Twilight Sparkle:
"YESYESYESYESYESYESYES!"

Anonymous said...

Last

yetti said...

True, no reason to panic :)
Chill out...

Anonymous said...

Good. How would Hasbro reel in new bronies if it were not for YouTube. Many of us have jobs and college stopping us from watching it on the HUB.

NDupree93 said...

everyone who can needs to just start posting the episodes. THEY SHALL NEVER CONQUER INTERNET PIRACY! YAAARG!

Jedigeek93 said...

and anypony's surprised?

Anonymous said...

Okay, are we done raging now?

Are we done biting the hand that feeds us?

Because we just fell for another parasprite attack (the SAME ONE THEY'VE USED THREE TIMES), and given them one of the biggest meals in a long time.

Blur said...

Well, cool. Makes the angry e-mail I just sent to Hasbro seem wrong...

IkusaGT said...

Should have got it right the first time Seth, you really need to be aware of how people are gonna react to your posts. I'm just sick of people claiming it's the end of the world when something happens to ponies or something happens with in the fandom. It's ludicrous

Anonymous said...

Our videos are safe... for now

Anonymous said...

thanks for stopping all those idiots from flipping out at an obvious troll attack

Anonymous said...

PRAISE!

Tank1319 said...

dang trolls, well we already know what were gonna do. Brony's, lets love and tolerate the trolls

awesometown said...

people can stop freaking out now

Anonymous said...

Pony War III its 4chan all over again

Streek471 said...

Code green folks, code green.

But seriously, the way some bronies lashed out at Hasbro was pretty...uncool.

Anonymous said...

yeah, hasbro didn't phrase it to sound like they did it in the facebook thingy. If anything, it seems like they were trying to get across that it *wasnt* them.

Anonymous said...

I kind of feel like how i do when the power goes out ... time to light some candles and tell campfire stories until the electricity gets restored!

Anonymous said...

Praise Celestia and Luna

Dean Moore said...

keel dem paraspritez!



Seriously, Whatever idiot did that should burn in a pit

doodlebug000 said...

Good to know that, at least, it probably wasn't Hasbro.

Anonymous said...

That troll is probably done flagging
Im going to re-upload them all I will post youtube name after I create it

Anonymous said...

Sad really that the Parasprites don't have anything better to do.

Also, YouTube, fix your copyright system for crying out loud.

darkflame7 said...

Took you long enough to realize this...

Sedaheht said...

Snagged a pic of this comment before it was deleted. Reliable or not, only Celestia knows (so somepony ask her, if it wouldn't be a bother).

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h441/Sedaheht/4chantroll.png

Tim N. said...

That's a relief... I first became a brony thanks to YouTube, and I've brought quite a few friends into the herd the same way. I hope Hasbro keeps being awesome and letting us have that outlet.

frostedWarlock said...

> Everypony: Do a motherfucking pirouette of the handle.

Anonymous said...

If 4chan Troll comes back, please dont respond to him. He just wants a reaction.

NDupree93 said...

You know, I was just thinking. Couldn't hasbro just set up their own YT account, and post the episodes of its shows on THERE? Just become a YT partner and they would still get revenue from it, and there's probably more people who would watch it on YT then the Hub's site. Then there'd always be a free place for fans and new folks to watch the show.

...Why haven't they done that yet?

Gummy said...

And with that everything was lovely again. fantastic.

benjamin said...

So the end isn't neigh?

Anonymous said...

Thanks for making peolpe freak out in the first place. 6_9

Troll said...

that was entertaining.
its really stupid, im a brony and yet i took part in flagging the vids.

Despite how awesome RD is, i cant help it but to troll my own peers.

Blackylove123 said...

wooohoooo! :D:D:D:D

Why are they called trolls? and what about the parasprites? Sorry, Im like...new at that xD

Lemonite said...

You see? Nothing to worry about, bronies.

The fact that we even suspected Hasbro of such a thing is very disappointing. ;D

Let's try to keep it a little cooler next time, eh everypony?

Anonymous said...

@Blur

yeah, let's try *NOT* to do stupid things like that, guys. they have treated us VERY well, and that would still be true even if they did decide to take down all the youtube vids. all the brony shoutouts and behind the scene stuff was all from them.

let's not be dicks.

dw1482 said...

And thus sanity was restored to the bronynet.
Although if I can't watch the season two premier at least an hour after it airs I shall go mad.

Anonymous said...

Can we go back to normal now... please?

MASTERLINKX said...

And everyone lived happily ever after.

Dr. Orbital Death-Ray said...

Not surprising that this was the case, considering the recent trollish behaviour of mods on the 4chan.

I'm still relieved, though!

C.Olimar788 said...

*channels inner Fluttershy* Yay!

Mr.Brony said...

And the Winning Award for making the newcomers go nuts goes to no one other than Sethisto.
Everyone give him a good round of applause.

And the second nomination goes to the trolls, but the nomination is taken away for adjectives and picking on newcomers than the original bronies from /CO/ and /B/

And thus i direct you people to this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q1zJJfaGeI&feature=player_detailpage#t=263s

INB4 Training grounds for newcomers to be less trolleable :P (btw I'm serious)

Fall said...

A very effective troll, well done, guys.

Lemonite said...

@Blur
Things like this don't help...

Anonymous said...

@Blackylove123
If you're serious, then they are people who do things just to make others angry.

Anonymous said...

Few, that's a relief.

Anonymous said...

But the 2 million episode is gone. Well, at least it wasn´t Hasbro.

Gravenstein said...

I TOLD YOU BRO
I TOLD YOU ABOUT INTERNET TROLLS

Troll said...

@MASTERLINKX

Oh look its masterlinkX!

Thank you for having the episodes on the channel.

Iron Raptor said...

Back to uploading the missing 1080 episodes!!! :D

Anonymous said...

Just as I thought,
generic response to get people to notice the other outlets

Bobbyzero said...

If anyone really did rage out at this, they need another hobby.

Anonymous said...

@dw1482
Challenge accepted.

Inivonwini said...

Oh good, man, I was worried it was hasbro. *phew*

tyler said...

Good move Seth, things were getting crazy out their

eaglehooves said...

Thank Celestia you finally posted this. It felt like EqD, RDN, FB, and Reddit were all about to have a meltdown. Some more careful wording and more emphasis on the "Don't Panic" would be helpful in the future. The past three hours look like a low point for ponies everywhere based on all the whining and flutterrage across the internet.

Laurence Brown said...

Was it bad how some of us reacted? (shrugs) Maybe. No way to tell who was who, after all. Way too easy to make up a name when posting in these comment threads.

That said, I don't see any long term damage. Odds are, within 24 hours we'll have forgotten about 90% of what was said and done the last two hours. Sure, the internet lets things get out of hoof very easily, but the converse is also true; once things are done, they blow over and disappear just as fast.

Now, please return me to my usual, wonderful diet of fanfiction, merch updates, youtube pony videos, and other wonderful programming that compels me to check this site dozens of times each day, please good sir!

Anonymous said...

wow and here i thought i didn't have a life

"I'm bored."
"Hey, lets go destroy an innocent kids show to prove that we L33T!"
"Fine i had nothing else to do today..."

and yet we cannot hate them for they are not evil, only woefully ignorant of the ways and power of friendship.

we must bring them to the herd.

Anonymous said...

It's the work of a few newfags and other parasprites. My channel still has every episode of FiM up, which would have been removed by now if it was Hasbro. Nothing to see here, just some angry nerds trollin.

Anonymous said...

@Gravenstein

IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING

Anonymous said...

So what is this alternate location?

Altercation said...

HASBRO WHY ARE YOU THE WORST COMPANY EVER RAAARRR

...yeah. It wasn't Hasbro. I'm pretty sure anyone who didn't bother breaking out the pitchforks and torches (thus being rational enough to put two and two together) could realize that.

We've proven a few things today. One is that strip away that barrier of "love and tolerance" and we're as easy as shit to troll. Two is that we're gullible as hell. And three is that we are ridiculously entitled.

I've never been more disappointed in the brony fandom than I am today.

zSONICoz said...

Trolls Y U NO TROLL SOMEPONY ELSE

DarcySupremest said...

Crisis averted
Thank Luna I was really quite nervous that this was going to evolve into a full on Civil War Between Bronies and Hasbro the Brony army hasn't lost a conflict we have one some hard ones such the 4 Chan Parasprite wars but I don't think we could have won Against Hasbro
All they would have to do is remove all videos and choke us to death suffering from no pony withdrawal
Thank goodness it was all just hot air
I hope...

Solarn said...

@IkusaGT
For heaven's sake, it's not Seth's fault that you all fell for the parasprites like a bunch of idiots. You didn't even think about it, it was like an autonomous response. "O NOEZ HASBRO MUST BE GOING ALL EVIL ON US!" How about a little trust next time, hmm?

g1 - Sindiewen said...

*Twilight happy she got her cutie mark yes*
YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!

crazyredemu said...

I don't think the ones claiming credit really did it, I could easily say I did it when I didn't, they just want attention.

Xael said...

YEEEEY :D... trolls got pwnt :D

Thank you Seth :D

*Applause*

Long live bronies :D, send the trolls to the moon >:)

Ihaveanamebecause? said...

@Dean Moore

You parasprite, if you're Carl, I swear

Saying something under my name...

if not, then I'm sorry... it just seems like too much of a coincidence.

mrjoshmacintosh said...

Praise Luna!

I'm still a bit apprehensive, but I didn't have any real concern as long as it wasn't confirmed by Hasbro. I do feel that if it WAS Hasbro, more than one channel would have gone down.

MenloMarseilles said...

"Doing a bit of research."

Any chance you could share this research with the person whose channel was targeted?

Please?

I'd like to be sure enough that this wasn't Hasbro that I can start automatic reinstatement of the videos. And right now I have no hard evidence, just baseless hearsay.

Lemonite said...

@Mr.Brony
Someone should make a "Newcomers Guide to the Brony Fandom: How to Interact With Trolls"

Anonymous said...

@zSONICoz

The correct thing is Trolls Y U no get a better hobby?!

Crabby said...

About darn time you posted this!
Also, i can't seem to find all the tolerance and love ya'll ponies mentioned in the first place, maybe some "education" would be nice. Crysises like this can really show who you are truly, and i didn't really like what i just saw.

Pony Corp - Ren said...

I really must congratulate everyone on their interesting new take on the phrase "Tolerate and Love." Very well handled, guys.

*slow clap*

Night Star said...

So how do you confirm alert canceled??? NOPES.AVI

LETS WAIT to a official response from Hasbro. AND its not faggs flagging, on vids SAYS "DUE TO COPYRIGHT CLAM of HASBRO INC" ont just removed vid because it was dennounced or something.

Im there on FB and im the first that reported this situation, so im gonna keep doing research on this matter. WANT real info? ask melonmarseilles or AngryTigerP.

Laurence Brown said...

@Lemonite

That's easy. IN fact, I can sum things up in just one word:

Don't.

Trey said...

Yay. soon the videos will back up hopefully.

No if you would please post something else soon seth. I wish to cleanse my pallet with some real pony. :)

Autumn Wind said...

Well this is a relief.

MrWrann said...

Youtube really needs to work on there flagging system so things like this are avoided.

GabuEx said...

Honestly, the way in which people were so quick to jump on and rage at Hasbro was... disappointing, to say the least. Innocent until proven guilty, people - it's a mantra that people should follow even outside the courtroom.

Jett said...

God, now if only the company that owns Pokemon followed Hasbro's example, we will be that much closer to world peace.

Anonymous said...

Posting as anon cuz I cant post from my google profile on my phone for some reason...

But I smelled trolls the second I saw the takedown.

I have found at least one or more copies of each episode on the youtubes, and it seems no more are vanishing.

So no need to panic at all.

Pony Corp - Ren said...

@MenloMarseillesSnagged from Sedaheht's earlier post:

http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h441/Sedaheht/4chantroll.png

Xael said...

Just a minor thing...

Can people use a name or something else than "Anonymous"?

I mean talking or quoting something a standard generated name isin't a nice thing.

Put a name there, it's both respect for youreself and the bornies of this comunity :D.

Thank you.

Rose said...

This is why i hate fandoms they get massive butt hurt over nothing. "love and Tolerance"....... lol.

Edward said...

@Night Star
Because when parasprites did it before, they pretended to be hasbro as well.
AHEM:
Rule Number 1 of love and tolerance: Try to assume the best of your fellow Ponies.

stitch said...
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Blackylove123 said...

Dear Princess Celestia,
Today I have learned a very valuable lesson. Don't believe what others think if you have your own belief. You will end up hurting others, including yourself. Dont let others convince you except for the ones you love and yourself.

Sincerely,
Twilight Sparkle

Solarn said...

@Night Star
Stop being a fucking dumbass. Anyone can flag a video and claim they're Hasbro Inc. It hasw happened TWO TIMES IN THE PAST, when it was confirmed that they were just trolls. Stop trying to stir up trouble, it's not wanted here.

stitch said...

@Blackylove123

Ps please send all the youtube trolls to the moon

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Sethisto, for doing this.

The hysteria was getting out of hand and would only hurt this fandom.

John said...

Good to know. Without Youtube I never would have become a brony!

Anonymous said...

Yeah well it's over. MLP will continue to die out slowly and who knows? Something new may come along in it's place. It's been quite a journey.

Anonymous said...

Once again Pony overcomes trolls attempts to stop the pony takeover, nice try foals.

Pony Corp - Ren said...

Who here votes that updates of this nature should be un-comment-able?

Kat Tishigiri said...

I agree with Altercation. Even if Hasbro had set their copyright into affect, it's their show. Getting all Pussy and sending angry letters only shows how much of a way we still need to go. You all treated Hasbro like the ponies treated Zecora. Shame on you all.

psmylie said...

Trolling was my first thought as well. Seems odd that they'd leave those up for months and months, then SUDDENLY decide that they had to go

2 million views, I mean, come on, it's not like they didn't know it was there.

That all the other pony stuff is still on youtube is pretty clear evidence (to me, at least) that Hasbro has nothing to do with it.

My thought on Hasbro is that they're in the midst of a big experiment. They've got a cartoon which, though honestly very good, is nonetheless experiencing a fan reaction FAR exceeding it's intrinsic value, especially for this demographic. It makes financial sense that they'd want to see how far they could take this, and that means NOT messing with the community in a negative way.

Could we all try to remember that next time this happens, and NOT fly off the handle and spew expletives at Hasbro the moment someone starts trolling Youtube again?

youtube|UsurperKingZant said...

So relieved. Thank you, Hasbro. You're a nice guy

I was later thinking you'd upload all the episodes to a new youtube channel for MLP episodes and get a youtube partnership to ake $ off ad revenue. Seemed like a nice idea to me

kwj said...

are done with all the rage now??
if this was trolls we got trolled really hard
but it doesn't say that the video was dennounced so i don't think it was flagged

Anonymous said...

I told you!
Haha, but really.
It's sad people don't have anything better to do with their time.
Especially since the trolls that were here aparently don't know how to type proper English.

eaglehooves said...

@Crabby EqD was a bit of a mess, but what I saw on Reddit and RDN was much more civil. There were quite a number that held the love and tolerance line, but as EqD is the biggest volume, and allows anons, that kind of stuff can get overlooked when comments fill with parasprites and over-enthused fans. It's a part of human (& pony) nature, it happens, we just have to move on and be better in the future.

Anonymous said...

>mfw /co/lts are trolling the rest of the fandom.
>mfw I have no face.

Anonymous said...

I hope with all my being that this is true1

Anonymous said...

honestly? I just do the same as I do with all my tv shows. Torrent them.

Although I have to admit, if they weren't on youtube I probably would never have started watching MLP.

keneticpest said...

@Lemonite
The New Brony's Guide: Top 10 ways too react too Trolls and/or Parasprites
1. Don't
2. Don't
3. Don't
4. Don't
5. Don't
6. Don't
7. Don't
8. Don't
9. Don't
10. DON'T EVER DO IT!!!

This has been:
The New Brony's Guide: Top 10 ways too react too Trolls and/or Parasprites

Anonymous said...

@Xael
nope.png

Click reply to get an anchor link that leads to the comment you'd like to reply to. Simple. Effective.

- Anonymous

BE3ST said...

I pray that we don't lose this privelige but some reactions might've been... over-the-top. calm down. ITS OKAY.
KEEP
CALM
CARRY
ON

GC13 said...

I think it's time for Hasbro to finally post up the episodes to YouTube themselves. Their main revenue stream is the toys anyway, and with the Hub not being a standard channel (I don't believe, anyway) YouTube is an obvious way to build interest in the series.

... What do we need the Hub for anyway? YouTube has 1080p too, you know! YouTube and a season blu-ray release, my friends, YouTube and blu-ray...

Lemonite said...

@Pony Corp - Ren
It's a reasonable idea, but I'm not sure if restrictions like that would be very good. It could very well just cause more problems.

Bronies need places like this to comfort each other and bounce information back and forth.

Hardbeat Acolyte said...

@Night Star
Trolls have taken down videos by falsely filing copyright complaints in Hasbro's name before. I've been fairly sure from the beginning that this was just more of the same

Anonymous said...

@Streek471
I know, I felt pretty ashamed and uncomfortable.

Hasbro didn't deserve this... Hasbro didn't deserve this..

marioandsonic said...

I figured this was the explanation.

I never doubted you, Hasbro!

Anonymous said...

From economical point of view...
...Thats suicide.
Thats why it cant be true.
Nothing is simpler than rule of money.

DarcySupremest said...

@Lemonite
That's actually a really awesome idea
I might get around to writing
Thanks for that
And continueing on
I am disapoint Bronies
I just went to Reddit and ponychan
Both were In total anarchy
Really guys
H.A.T.E is not how you spell Love and Tolerance
Our love and Tolerance is what makes us untrollable and sperates us from say Anime fans
We lose love and tolerance we lose Brony
If this is Hasbro who cares there are still heaps of channels with the episodes up
Love guys LOVE

Shadowdemon137 said...

That comment was just lucky for the troll. It threw a sucker punch at us.

Star Winged Brit said...

Our victory over the trolls shall come in a matter of minutes and us getting trolled usually just converts the trolls in question which means that we could easily see more bronies from this.

For now, I shall prepare the victory celebrations over the trolls. Victory is ours comrades.

(for some reason while writing this I read it in my head in Jim Cummings voice)

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Cameron said...

@Pony Corp - Ren and @Altercation

Yes, some people took it too far. And I definitely don't condone what was said, but I understand that the reaction is something to expect from any normal person in this situation. It doesn't take long for someone to read the headline and immediately burst out a wild emotional response, and it's not really indicative of the community at all.

I don't think being so snarky about this situation is very fair. The impression you took from the comments in the previous section grossly outweighs the actual proportion of overblown reactions. Most people by the end of the comments section had reconciled their opinions on the matter; the amount of "Hasbro hate" comments on the second page was pretty negligible.

Tosxychor said...
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Tosxychor said...

I admit, I fell for it for a second too. Even posted my disappointment. It was kinda hard not to realize the truth after seeing the flaggers being all over the place in the comments though.

The only thing I actually regret from this is the 2M video being taken down. That was a really low blow, but meh, it's just numbers.
Besides, it's the number of bronies that's the only number that matters, and this one is only gonna increase. Live on, bronies! And try being more trusting in Hasbro next time ^^

Dr.Whorves said...

I wish all of these trolls would just throw themselves in a woodchipper,feet first...

NDupree93 said...

@AnonymousI'm not really sure what you mean by "dying out"? if anything the FiM fandom has been growing over the last couple months.

Sedaheht said...

@keneticpest

You forgot an item:

11. Scootaloo is the best pony.

Crabby said...

@eaglehooves Yeah i never really had any interest in reddit (too confusing to me) so i coul refer to the commenters on EqD only, which was more than enough. True it is part of our nature to sometimes go brainless and without considering what we do, i admit sometimes im doing these too, but as some of you have already pointed it out, this had happened not once before, and as far as i can tell nothing changed about the attitude.

Bobbyzero said...

Some of this unfortunately has stemmed from Hasbro, (as well as 95% of the other media companies) failure to embrace a modern distribution method for their product. Matt Stone and Trey Parker figured it out, why can't anyone else?

Cyberpony said...

this post is the equivalent of seth dodging an entire machine gun clip of bullets.


nice one

Anonymous said...

I'm glad I got all the episodes local just incase this happened. Maybe we need to throw the trolls a party?

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Raynor said...

We're safe! ...yay...

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

crazyredemu said...

The trolls pantsed us, all we can do is pull up our pants and put on a belt so it don't happen again. lol

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Hardbeat Acolyte said...

@Solarn
You need to chill out bro, there was no need to start insulting someone like that.
I for one can understand why some people would be concerned about this issue, and there's no guarantee that Hasbro won't do this at some point in time.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

Even if it's hasbro or not, heck. Give me the blurays/dvds... JUST TAKE MY MONEY!

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

NDupree93 said...

@Sedaheht
Silly, that's not how you spell Rarity

keneticpest said...
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Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Lemonite said...

@Star Winged Brit
That's my favorite part about the troll raids. It's always really funny when we get new converts in the aftermath.

Also, in response to someone else above, I'm pretty sure most of us believed it/flipped the fuck out at first.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Pony Corp - Ren said...

@Cameron
True, very true.

@Dr.Whorves
Ahh, can't ya just FEEL the tolerance and love?

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Anonymous said...

Did... Did I miss something? Cause the more of these comments I read, the more it feels like everypony here played their "Party of One" card. By that I mean, they abandon the whole Love and Tolerence creed and lash out at a group that was actually planning something great for them. All simply the bronies thought that Hasbro suddenly, out of nowhere, stopped caring. Seriously, that's not what's going on, is it?

How would I have reacted to this if... Wait, what DID happen anyways? I'm a bit confused. Was it a simple case of "trolls pretend to be Hasbro and sic DMCA on MLP"? If I'm wrong, then please correct me! But if that's what happened, would I have felt the same way about Hasbro? Or would I know better then to just assume in black and white? I'll never truly know now... But I'm scared...

Anonymous said...

I reported some Channels with MLP Videos too.

Colorworks said...

Aaaand... in my anon comment in which I said something about people not knowing how to type, I had a typo on 'apparently.' Fudgepops.

But, anyway,
1- some of the comments, while I understood the shock in the situation, made me dissapoint.
VERY dissapoint.
2- Couldn't Hasbro do what Funimation does, and post the episodes themselves with a few commercials in there? Wouldn't they make money off of that?

Takuanuva said...

I'm wondering... if Hasbro already stated, that they won't take Pony vids down, then why won't they just tell whoever-has-to-be-told in Youtube about that, so they won't accept any copyright claims towards them? Just an idea...

Sedaheht said...

@NDupree93

Actually it IS how I spell Rarity. <_<

8ftmetalhead said...

meh, in a developing fandom it only takes a couple of things going wrong to cause havoc.

I was slightly inclined to believe it on the basis that it was on their FB page (inclined enough to set a 1080 RShare dl going), but then with how I woke up an hour or two ago you could've told me my feet were made of marshmallows and i would've believed you.

crazyredemu said...

@Takuanuva
I don't think they can do that for legal reasons

keneticpest said...

@Sedaheht
Then how come you spelled Rarity like that if you spell Rarity like Scootaloo?

EonMaster said...

Figured it was a troll from the start. It's happened many times before.

Heck, I've seen trolls abuse the system for years now, it isn't ever going to get fixed. I've seen multiple videogame walkthroughs and pro-evolution videos get flag spammed and removed, only to get reinstated later when the flagger was proven to not be who they said they were.

Anyways, there isn't even a good reason for Hasbro to remove them. Youtube is an excellent way for people to try out new shows on their own schedule and for free. If Hasbro wanted, they could upload the vids themselves and become a YT partner, which would give them ad revenue.

Lemonite said...

@Colorworks

@1 I think we were all a little disappointed. But if you think about it, this just goes to show how much we love the show. The slightest sign of it going away and we flip out.

@2 This is an excellent idea, but I say only if they really have a problem with the YouTube videos.

Altercation said...

@Cameron
It's "natural", but it doesn't make it okay. Reactionary, overemotional responses do not translate well over the internet. They will not endear you to the entity you are trying to convince otherwise and they will feed the trolls their sweet ambrosia of internet hate. Angry letters, bursts of "HASBRO IS STUPID AND I HATE IT" and other likewise statements is just disappointing.

The fact that we come to expect the internet hate machine says a lot more than I could ever type.

Takuanuva said...

@crazyredemu:
...something more specific? "Legal reasons" can mean prettymuch anything...

Sedaheht said...

@keneticpest
Because Rarity is how I spell Twilight Sparkle.

Unknown said...

@Colorworks

I'm all for #2. My guess is that there might be extra hurdles to clear in getting advertisers to line up, how much they have to pay for the slots, etc. Nothing that can't be worked out, obviously, but it then leads to a lot of extra work in keeping all of the other fan posted videos off of the net. Which then brings in the question, how much will doing THAT cost?

It may simply be that the profit gained from doing so is too small to make the effort. And as past corporate reports have pointed out, Hasbro IS making a lot of money off of MLP merch sales. If all they have to deal with is the very rare troll outburst like this, as opposed to constantly trying to police the net, an effort that is doomed to fail from the get go?

Jordan said...

@Bobbyzero

This. Seriously, Hasbro:
1: Put all the episodes up streaming on Hubworld.
2: Put adverts for toys and other merch with them.
3: Make paid HD downloads and Blu-ray/DVD purchase links readily available.
4: Profit. So much profit. Seriously. Let me know if you plan on doing this so I can invest prior.

@Those who freaked out...
I'm a little disappoint. I'd almost say the parasprites won this round, especially if a lot of people sent anger towards Hasbro about this. Saddening that such a usually awesome fandom can be brought down by a few out to ruin the fun. There will always be ways to watch ponies. Be glad Hasbro has always been so awesome to us. Sit back and enjoy the ponies.

I'll leave with this thought, in big, friendly letters: DON'T PANIC.

Pony Corp - Ren said...
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crazyredemu said...

@Takuanuva
I don't know anything about copy right laws but Im sure they can't give a thumbs up to people who break them or others could break it and point at us and go "But you let them do it"

Pony Corp - Ren said...

Did anybody notice? Click on the "Comment as:" drop-down box. That's right. No more anon's.

Tears of a Valedictorian said...

@Altercation

BUT I'M STILL MAD AT HASBRO!!!

I ONLY WATCH THE EPISODES ONLINE AND DON'T BUY THE TOYS, BUT HASBRO JUST LOST ME AS A CUSTOMER!!!!

Night Star said...

@Solarn

Im sorry but i cannot see any logic on your post, less insulting me since im just wanting for proofs. And you wonder why trollers rage against you? As ive said im the first one that reported this and i was the one looking for real proofs, in fact most of stuff you said on your posts or whatever are just reposts of my topics on facebook. So i will still look forward to have confirmation that are trolls or Hasbro, but you cannot cancel an alert just cause you hope everything will be ok.

Ill still look into this for The bronies community.
~BRONIES ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

NDupree93 said...

@Pony Corp - Ren
Yeah, there's a post up about it. Probably because of the spammer earlier in the comments.

aimee said...

Please, it's not like the videos won't be back in like 10 seconds flat.

wiggles said...

people who sent angry letters to HASBRO should send them an apology letter. they deserve that much after all this hate they've received.

Cameron said...

@Altercation I don't know what force would ever stop the hate machine of masses. "A person is smart, people are stupid." Put enough people in a single place and the lowest common denominator will always stick out. I guess accepting this is depressing, but you can't fight human nature. If there was no hate there would be no love, if there was no sadness there would be no joy. If this community wasn't so filled with emotion we'd just be another faceless internet husk.

As for the interpretation of the hate, I say it shows how invested some people are into the show. If I saw people reacting like this to something involving my own work I'd be flattered that people care so much about it.

pppppppppppppppppppppppp said...

@EonMaster there is a problem they sell this show to pay channels all over europe why should people get this show for free when others who legitimately watch this show have to pay for it

Blayze Kohime said...

Why doesn't youtube verify the identity of complaints? Seriously!

ROBCakeran53 said...

I don't see what the big deal is... MLP is Hasbro's, they have the right to do whatever they want with it. If they dont' want it up on Youtube, then so be it. If you are going to make a fit about it, then don't like the show anymore. Otherwise you have to learn to deal with it.

Sure it was work of a troll, good for them. Let them have their fun. How long does that good feeling for them last? A day? maybe a week? THen it's back to normal until another troll decides to have a little fun. Just ignore them, all I can say.

And, if I may say, the win with the trolling wasn't the fact of the show being taken down; its the fact of how some of you reacted to the take down. Sure you should feel upset, but acting like the world is going to end? And going so far as to call Hasbro out on it, god damn people has the show taught you anything?

Condor said...

I think the telling thing that trolls did it was there was some fan content that got taken down. Hasbro would NEVER do that, and I still never believe they'd take the episodes down without warning, or without official notice before/during/directly after they did.

MrRandom said...

@Blayze Kohime

Basically because that causes a delay in the takedown. The company issuing it can then claim that the few extra days YouTube left the video up cost them revenue from people watching it there instead of on TV for their ratings/buying DVDs etc, and sue YouTube for damages as a result.

(NOTE - I know nothing about copyright law, I'm just making an educated guess as to why this might be the case)

Crackle said...

thank you Seth for putting an end to the madness

(sits back and waits for someone to make a 300 joke)

Sir Chompy said...

Well I have all the pony episodes downloaded, 1080p... so no biggie, even if it were true. I would miss reading Youtube comments, and new episodes though D:

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