Korgscrew
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Posted: Feb. 09 2014, 12:04 |
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Quote (crises1980 @ Feb. 09 2014, 10:12) | Did you finally get a message from Universal? |
Just to make it clear what went on, Inkanta and I had a chat between ourselves and decided it'd be best to take it down while we work out what's going on (the news topic's not actually been deleted, just stored where nobody can see it, so we can restore it if need be). So it was our decision rather than the result of any official pressure - we just didn't want to appear like we were being somehow deliberately provocative in heavily promoting something that was posted in error. I think Caroline had already been asking people not to share it at the time I posted the link - I genuinely had no idea, but I could also see how it might have looked like some kind of act of defiance, especially considering the size of audience we've got, so we wanted to avoid any kind of misunderstanding like that.
I do agree, though, leaving the Sailing video up on YouTube where it's easily searchable and just asking people not to look at it isn't a terribly effective way of handling the situation! I'd have thought they'd be best to just quietly replace it with a better version and carry on as normal, or even just cut their losses and leave it, seeing as it's been seen by nearly 20,000 people now.
Still, that's our compromise solution, until we can get to the bottom of what's going on. I can see how that's also a controversial decision in itself, but it seems to me like, as a Mike Oldfield fan site, we're probably best off respecting what seem to be the wishes of Mike and his team until we've got some better information on the whole thing.
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