Sony Using Copyright To Take Down Its Own Anti-Piracy Propaganda

From techdirt.com

Sony has apparently decided that you can’t see its anti-piracy propaganda, because it might be pirated.

There are a few iconic sitcoms I remember from my childhood and What’s Happening!! is probably near the top of that list. What I had forgotten, is that the show once included a two part episode all about the evils of bootlegging, with guest stars, the Doobie Brothers. In that “very special episode,” the character of Rerun is caught trying to secretly tape the Doobie Brothers playing a show at their high school. Or as Mental Floss puts it:

The band, who are so upstanding they named themselves after an illegal drug, proceed to lecture the youngsters on morality and righteousness.

So, that’s cool. Either way, DC policy advocate Josh Lamel recently went looking for clips of that episode and discovered that they’ve all been taken down:

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