“The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
That’s a quote from John Gilmore. I’m here to do my part.
It seems that last week’s Saturday Night Live took some shots at the economic crisis, and – quite pointedly – at a couple deeply involved in it, billionaires Herbert and Marion Sandler, and George Soros.
Apparently this didn’t go over too well with the rich and powerful. NBC has yanked the clip from Hulu.com, and is aggressively pursuing “copyright infringement” when it’s posted at YouTube.com.
So the internet is routing around it. For your entertainment, and in conjunction with the “fair use” statement at the bottom of this page, I present you the SNL skit as political commentary:
http://img.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v99/smallestminority/SNLBailoutSkit.flv
Just doing my part!
UPDATE: Apparently an “edited” version is back up at Hulu.com, but this one is the original uncensored clip!