NHL Bans YouTube Video Embeds
Please see important update at the end of this post.
If you don't like people sticking their fingers in your food then don't let them in your kitchen. Unfortunately, the National Hockey League didn't get the message.
The NHL has a substantial presence on YouTube. However, they told one person who was legally embedding these videos on his site to skate to the penalty box. They have recently banned the ability to embed videos on other sites - something that CBS, NBC and others who have vids on YouTube gladly support. (Note HTML code on the right hand side)
I am sure the NHL will also love the fact that anyone can download their videos right to a hard drive and re-post them. Same thing applies for vids they have on Google Video.
YouTube is a place to share and be shared, not a TV network for the Internet. When will people get the message? More from NewTeeVee.
UPDATE 02/21/07: The NHL says they are committed to embedded video and they are looking into how this happened.
