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I recently started a blog on Frank Miller’s “300″ movie to test out a few new things that I’ve learned about (e.g., Google Custom Search, Amazon aStore, Feedburner). 

I decided to add another video of the 300 trailer to my 300 blog, just like I’ve done using Google Video a couple of times. Instead of using Google video, however, I decided to try out YouTube, which I don’t like as much because it seems like the video quality is lower. In any case, I searched for “300″ and found the trailer I wanted. I clicked on it to test it out and…

“This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.”

What? That makes no sense. So, I tried again and failed again. The video, which is a movie trailer (i.e., advertisement) is gone.

Based on the search results page, the 300 trailer had been viewed nearly 300k times. That is absolutely free advertising for Wanrer Bros so it just doesn’t make sense they’d remove it.

I know I must be missing something but I will tell you this. If Warner Bros did ask YouTube to kill the video, they are insane.

p.s. If you want to see trailers and videos of Frank Miller’s and Zack Snyder’s 300 movie, be sure visit Frank Miller’s 300 Movie Fan Site. It’s being updated all the time with awesome content.

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