http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/archive/tags/content+control/default.aspxTags: content controlenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/archive/2010/02/24/real-rick-rollers-are-never-gonna-give-it-up-never-gonna-let-you-down.aspxWed, 24 Feb 2010 16:55:00 GMTf44090d1-a969-42dd-bc2f-08ef65ab6445:13526cstanton0http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=13526http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/archive/2010/02/24/real-rick-rollers-are-never-gonna-give-it-up-never-gonna-let-you-down.aspx#commentsOne of the worst attempts at content control was made when YouTube removed Rick Astley&#39;s &quot;Never Gonna Give You Up&quot; for copyright infringement. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/rickrollnomo.JPG"><img src="http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/rickrollnomo.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />It is unclear when exactly they had removed the video, but <a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/youtube-removes-original-quotrickrollquot-video-due-to-terms-of-use-violation">the Neowin blog</a> discovered it in the wee hours of this morning (Wednesday, 2/24).<br />The hilarious 80&#39;s music video became popular again when video pranksters started using it in the middle of other videos that people actually want to watch.<br /><br />The video had gotten over 30 MILLION hits and according to <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10218302-93.html?tag=mncol;txt">cnet news</a>, one of the co-authors of the song was complaining about how he hadn&#39;t made a cent off of the video&#39;s renewed popularity. <br /><br />All in all I think it&#39;s just a terribly futile attempt at content control and I&#39;m fairly confident that the jerks just set us all up for a new wave of Rick Roll videos. I mean, real Rick Rollers know the game and they&#39;re gonna play it. Don&#39;t tell me you&#39;re too blind to see. <br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wL-hNMJvcyI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wL-hNMJvcyI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object><br /><img src="http://www.blogiversity.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13526" width="1" height="1">youtuberemovednever gonna give you uprick rollcopyright infringementcontent control