Some of you may have heard that You Tube recently removed several breastfeeding videos for "terms of use violations." Two of them were Sesame Street videos I posted on this blog (here and here), another showed the 'breast crawl,' and one was a montage (reposted and up for now) posted by the League of Maternal Justice.
It's not clear why the videos were removed. Jen at The Lactivist has suggested that it could be due to the unauthorized use of copyrighted material (a violation of their terms of use). She notes that You Tube has been cracking down on this more recently. It is interesting, though, that hundreds of other Sesame Street videos remain on You Tube. Is You Tube going the way of Facebook and My Space, or is this a question of copyright?
So, while this issue is rolling around be sure to check out this clip. Its days may be numbered. Another interesting note: It looks like this segment was redone later and the breastfeeding clip was replaced with a bottle feeding one. Would someone please wake me when it's 1974?
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