[reaction="http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/1/21/b9dbd860-4251-43db-8c81-7d8bd54f106e.jpg"]Oh noes! Hasbro has removed/deleted
quite a few MLP;FiM episodes, as they're finally pressing copyright claims.
This may prove troublesome for Season 2, if they keep it up. [/reaction]
From
Bronies/
Bronies on Facebook.
"It seems Hasbro is doing Copyright Claims on MLP: Friendship is Magic. Please save all PMV/YTPMV/Remixes you can onto your computers. At this moment we dont know the extent of copyright claims but at least all episodes and other with non edited episode parts are down at this moment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MenloMarseilles had all FiM vids removed."
"It seems its only the NON-HUB logo episodes, everything else remains intact, but it affected some PMVs and YPTs. And this could mean that DVD/Bluray season 1 is coming indeed. Since the HUB LOGO episodes are still up."
Now, Hasbro's response is
this.
"We are so glad to see you are fans of "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic." We are aware that some episodes have been taken down from YouTube because they were posted without proper permission. Make sure to tune in to the HUB TV network or download all of the magic from iTunes so you can watch whenever you want! http://bit.ly/fsjnlz"
Still, we're not 100% sure if it was Hasbro that removed the videos, or a parasprite, however, evidence shows that it is more likely to be Hasbro.
However,
this is still up for those that didn't finish the season.
Hasbro has every right to do what they're doing, as like most companies, they value profit over humans, sadly.
(This isn't the first time they've removed videos, however, they removed the largest amount of videos this time.)
However, I don't understand why they're taking down videos that were up for so long.