Looks like Warner Bros. or whomever didn’t like me showing the opening sequence from Watchmen and decided to delete my post without any prior warning whatsoever.
Here is the e-mail I just received from Blogger:
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Affected URLs:
http://tvcalling.blogspot.com/2009/03/watchmen-opening.html
I’m not going to post the sequence again for the sake of it, but suffice to say that I’m quite disappointed by the behind-my-back actions taken.
I also find quite ridiculous that said actions were done in the name of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, let alone the crusade against people posting the opening Watchmen sequence.
Are they afraid people will find it is so awesome they decide not to go watch the rest of the movie?
Even yU+Co was forced to take it down, even though it’s their own company that made the titles.
Quite ridiculous indeed.