• Agreed, people are more likely to watch an embedded video than clicking through video links. If it is right there for them to play instantly. I always hate the embedding block, when I review music videos.
  • Lee
    I REALLY hate the embedded block on movie trailers, now that is truly dumb (and not the case with Iron Man 2 it must be said)
  • MC
    There are battles within media corporations between the copyright lawyers and the promotional departments every day.

    The way I am seeing this is Sony is sticking it to Paramount with this move. Simple as that.
  • Lee
    I never thought about Sony's involvement though I'm told that AC/DC are notorious for this kind of thing - no AC/DC for digital download.
  • I'm with you. From personal experience I can say that any time I run across "Embedding disabled by request" on a blog or Facebook, it's extremely rare for me to click through to watch whatever it is on YouTube. It says to me "we don't really want you to watch this, we just want to get clicks for advertiser revenue." It puts a bad taste in my mouth.
  • Lee
    It says the exact same thing to me, which is a shame really because the director has been very cool sharing bits and pieces on Twitter.
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