Oh for crissakes. Some months ago I posted a link to a YouTube video showing a batter getting hit in the stones by a pitch. It was funny as hell, even his teammates were dying laughing in the dugout.
Check this out (same link, different result):
I'll Say It Hit Him
Right. Copyright. Because I'm sure we'll see that video on MLB sometime soon and of course we wouldn't want to infringe on any (minuscule) profits they might make off the showing of that 30 second clip. Right.
No, in an odd twist for the new technological realities of our times, what we have here is the 21st century equivalent of censorship. They can't stop people from information sharing so they use legal means (you and I call them threats) to effect information snaring, a new term I just coined for strictly controlling information, through threat of law suit, that otherwise simply could not be contained.
And if you don't think this little example isn't important, stay tuned for my next blog entry on Net Neutrality.
Reference: Thanks to the Bud Selig Should Be Fired As MLB Commissioner group on Facebook for the graphic.
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