A number of videos disappeared due to very unfortunate account suspensions, etc. Many are being replaced right now (and might have already been replaced when you read this). I might delete some posts if I can’t replace the clip and there isn’t enough worthwhile text around it. (I might do a little rewriting too.)
Companies who want to delete these clips: I think that’s self-defeating. In this blog, at least, a number of videos that disappeared had been posted with reviews of movies I’d bought, encouraging other people to buy the movies. I wouldn’t have started buying movies myself (especially considering my economic situation) if I didn’t get drawn in by stuff on YouTube. You’re destroying free publicity. Oh well.
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P.S. Replaced all clips from Singapore and added another one. Many thanks now to Ajit for being the source of so many clips (hoping I’m not giving the “kiss of death” here).
The Kath Putli clip (from a couple of weeks ago) has also been replaced, thanks to another great source, Suhanee 11.
It is so idiotic for these companies to insist on deleting clips. You are entirely correct in that it’s a great marketing tool which will gain them business, not the opposite. But what can you expect from people who don’t even do quality control on their master DVDs before producing tens of thousands of copies and selling them (can you tell that I have just been at the receiving end of some *gasp* non-functional Hindi film DVDs?)…
Memsaab, thanks for seconding my opinion on this. As for the nonfunctional DVDs – you mean they didn’t play at all? That’s pretty awful.
My copy of Tere Mere Sapne wasn’t bad. I’m wondering, though, about the copy of Aasha that I bought in the $5 bin in the all-night store in Jackson Heights that also sells scattered electronic items and perfumes. Well, we’ll see…