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aiolos

Thu 15 Mar, 2007


Delutube offers users a way to view deleted YouTube videos

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Even casual YouTube users have no doubt come across video clips that the company has taken down for one reason or another,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> but a new service gives viewers at least a chance to see the offending content.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Delutube,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> as its name implies,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> can serve up some video clips even after YouTube has purged them.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Looking through a selection of random clips on Delutube provides insight into YouTube's takedown practices.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> A large number of the clips contain copyrighted music,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> though the video is typically of high school girls trying to look like strippers as hip-hop plays in the background.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(Note that not all of these clips may be work-safe.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Delutube allows visitors to enter the video ID <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(pulled from the end of the YouTube URL)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> of a deleted clip,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> then attempts to retrieve the clip from YouTube's system.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Clips are not apparently deleted from YouTube's database at the moment they are taken down <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(or they at least persist in YouTube's cache before being cleared)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> allowing Delutube a chance of retrieving them.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> The site also allows for the easy downloading of clips.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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http:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070315-deleted-youtube-videos-still-available-on-the-web.html