Hasbro says its them

[Ezynell 2,037]

Hasbro admits that it was not a troll taking down the youtube videos, but them themselves.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq9k9uEpEm8&feature=player_embedded

[Crispy 5,563]

I think this is old news. Didn't EqD have a thing about this two weeks ago or so?

[Skullbuster 1,906]

im still able to watch MLP episodes on youtube, i guess they didnt get everybody

[Skar 324]

Yep, aslong as people keep re uploading, they should give up and just let it be. (Atleast hope so)

[ScottishUnicorn 284]

This doesn't really effect me anyways, I just download them; but Youtube was a convenient way show the cartoon to other people.

[1Fluttershy 411]

I think this is old news. Didn't EqD have a thing about this two weeks ago or so?

 

http://www.equestria...ube-stream.html

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

Eh, I'm not really too concerned about this. I've watched episodes of Pokémon on Youtube and many other shows before they got taken down. My strategy is just to watch the episode as soon as it comes out and people upload it, before they have a chance to remove it.

 

The reality with these things is that there are simply too many people uploading the episodes for them to get them all, and there always will be if the fanbase continues to be so vehement.

 

I don't download episodes though. Far too lazy for that and I dislike downloading episodes of shows because it feels wrong. If worse comes to worse, I'll have to get the Hub, I guess. Or stop watching until they release it on DVD or put it somewhere like Hulu. (I really hope Hulu or Netflix, because I actually have access to that.)

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Hasbros should supply the episodes on their own if they want to take them down. There is also no way I'm paying to buy any episodes off iTunes...that is just stupid.

[Nah 3,182]

Uploaders should make their activity covert and code name it.

 

I was able to watch the first whole season of "The Walking Dead" under the title name "Good Times" (LOL funny) Thats what they should do when it gets worse.

 

Don't get any ideas from this.

[Ezynell 2,037]

Uploaders should make their activity covert and code name it.

 

I was able to watch the first whole season of "The Walking Dead" under the title name "Good Times" (LOL funny) Thats what they should do when it gets worse.

 

Don't get any ideas from this.

 

But how did you know the codename?

[Nah 3,182]

But how did you know the codename?

 

The video thumbnails had scenes from the show. Plus if your friends with the uploader, he would tell you. Right?

[Colon Leftbracket 971]

My strategy is to find a torrent of the new episode in HD and download it.

I like to have the show on my hard drive! I've only used YouTube to watch 1 episode and that was Hearth's Warming because I got impatient. It usually takes people half the day to start posting torrents.

 

Though I'd catch the streams if they weren't at such an ungodly hour in the morning!

[Mister Jack 566]

I don't like having to resort to torrents but I'm sorry, the iTunes versions are crap. I am not going to reward a pathetic effort like that with my money.

[Marshmallow 1,137]

I don't get why they would do that though. Youtube is the main place where we can get the episodes (not everypony lives in the US...) lf they start removing episodes from Youtube, lots of people won't bother looking for them elsewhere (or won't be able to find them elsewhere). They will get annoyed at how difficult it will be to watch an episode and their interest in the show will progressively vanish.

 

Honestly, I don't think that the Brony subculture would last so long if episodes were nearly impossible to find on the Internet. People would lose interest. And that'd be a damn shame if you ask me.

 

And I WOULD buy them on iTunes if I could. But the episodes are nowhere to be found in the Canadian iTunes store! >.<

Edited January 11, 2012 by Marshmallow

[Legit101 300]

Bad decision from Hasbro anyways. Wouldn't want to upset anybody within the cofines of Hasbro land though.

Edited January 11, 2012 by Legit101

[Captain Marvelous 544]

nothing really to say, it's their stuff and they get to decide how to show it to the public... it's in their right to do with their stuff as they please to see it fit.

 

At least they seem to leave PMVs alone...I'm looking at you Toei

[Krall 263]

Big businesses are detached from the customers who wish to use their product and make illogical, knee-jerk reactions that ultimately amount to bad business decisions that don't help anyone, not even the business themselves; film at 11.

[Evilshy 5,090]

I actually didnt know that.

 

Guess I won't be buying that Fluttershy brushable today. Buying toys that I'll never play with was my little way of paying for the episodes I watched on YouTube. I already watch the show when it airs on Hub and on demand, so I'm giving them +1 ratings as well.

[83awsm 234]

Can't say I'm surprised at this. It's a large company with copyrights and such. When their licensed episodes started poping up everywhere, it was only a matter of time before they did something. I've never been on itunes to watch it, but I don't think I will, based upon all the reviews. So I'll proably stick to youtube for now, considering they're still up, and I'll try to catch the new ep's before they're taken down.

[ocalhoun 30]

^.^

Which is why I'm working on getting them hosted locally on my website.

I won't take them down just because they ask nicely!

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

So now that they've gotten a huge fanbase off the internet they are gonna remove the episodes and try to milk the money out of us.

Silly Hasbros...it don't work like that x)

[jdb1984 14]

I'm only one episode away (Lesson Zero) from seeing them all. And I used a clip as research for a fanfic.

 

Though it's their copyright, they can do what they wish. Doesn't bother me unless I lose access to the Hub channel.

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Yup, Hasbros took down another big channel. The guy keeps making another channel and reuploading though.

Just search episode 1, there used to be multiple uploads near or above 100k views, now the most one has is 30,000

[StarGazer 129]

I don't mind paying for things I like but I think this is getting a bit annoying. Maybe if Hasbro themselves decided to have all the episodes on their website for free....

[Mister Jack 566]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kc4YBsSoqM

 

Links to unlisted episodes of season 2 in HD. Try not to spread this around. The point of it is to be low profile.

Edited January 15, 2012 by Mister Jack