It’s been a week and no response. The only difference is that when you click on the video from my personal channel on YouTube you are greeted with this little ditty:
I’ve noticed there are now three other uploads featuring the exact same Nike commercial (one is actually from Nike Sportswear). I’m not sure why the two non-Nike uploads haven’t been removed just yet, but if they make it through and I do not, I’ll be pissed.
At the very least, I do have solace in knowing that people can still view the commercial. After all, whether it’s my upload or somebody else’s, I’m just glad people are still excited about KGJ.
Well, well, well. It seems the powers that be over at Google’s YouTube have blocked my latest videos.
On Monday, I uploaded the new Nike commercial featuring my childhood and adult-life idol Ken Griffey Jr. I then uploaded the tribute video that the Mariners shared on the big screen during the game after he officially retired last month. In less than 36 hours I garnered close to 20,000 views on the Nike commercial – a video that brought tears to many people – and close to 1,000 on the video tribute from Safeco – you want to talk about making grown men cry, watch that video more than once (I will post it to my Vimeo stream soon).
Greatest of All Time. Brings tears to my eyes even thinking about how I will never get to see the most exciting player that ever laced up the cleats. . :(
I don't even play or follow baseball very closely but I know that the man is a legend. Man just played well, no scandals, no drugs, no arrogance, just the game. Sports needs more athletes like him.
Yes, “azarel7,” sports DO need more athletes like him.
But if you click on the videos now, you will be greeted with the following bar across your screen:
What’s more, they put a “strike” in my YouTube account’s “personal record”:
(click to view larger if you want to actually read it)
I have since responded with an e-mail to YouTube protesting the matter. They will forward that on to “MLB Advanced Media,” the originators of the complaint. Since I’ve seen many baseball and Nike commercials/videos all over YouTube already, I must only assume I’m in the right.
Furthermore, this little ditty seems to make it seem like I’m acting within the legal boundaries:
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
So, while I wait for things to be sorted out with YouTube, here is the video in all its original glory (thanks to Vimeo):
I found a bunch of CDs full of old photos spanning all the way back to my days at Oregon State. More to come, I’m sure, as I’m sifting through thousands of photos in my spare time.
The picture of Ichiro is when The Sentinel scored a press pass for me and some photographers at Safeco Field (I used somebody else’s camera). The “No Alcohol” photo used to be my desktop background at school (ironic, eh?). And the bottom photo is my cousin’s children watching the eagles fly along Lake Coeur d’Alene.
I’m so giddy, it’s gross. But just in case this is his final year in the pros, I plan on buying tickets to the final game of the 2010 season to see his farewell. What’s more, the M’s look better than ever to make a run at the playoffs next season.
Perhaps one more photo sequence like this end his amazing career?
I plan on visiting Fenway Park (home of the Red Sox) before I die, and it hurts a little knowing I will never view a game at the original Yankee Stadium, but Wrigley Field is tops. And even from the Upper Deck, our seats were awesome.
Six photos merged together from where we were sitting. It looks a lot further away in the photo because of the panoramic view, but these seats were great. And $40 for upper deck is pretty pricey, but well worth it!
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of the rules ... You can quote them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things ... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
-Steve Jobs, Apple
About Me
Jake Donahue
I recently finished college where I was the editor-in-chief of the No. 2 non-daily newspaper in the nation. I assumed that alone would land me a high-paying job doing what I love somewhere, but alas, I was sorely mistaken - not about the job, but about what I loved doing. I'm not sure whether I want to spend the rest of my life designing, writing or photographing, although I do obviously have more strengths in designing and writing. Perhaps I can do all three one day. As for the job? We'll see. Hopefully I can make a living by following the freelance path, only time will tell. Other than that, I am happily engaged to my best friend and the most beautiful woman alive (I'm not a polygamist, she's the same person). I'm also fond of baseball, beer and both at the same time. Go Mariners!
sure why the two non-Nike uploads haven’t been removed just yet, but if they make it through and I do not, I’ll be pissed.
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