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Greenpeace Argues Against YouTube LEGO Blockade
- Brand-e.biz, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 10:22 AM
YouTube has blocked Greenpeace’s "LEGO: Everything is not Awesome" video which depicts a LEGO Arctic being destroyed by an oil spill to highlight LEGO’s promotion of the Shell oil brand on its toys. YouTube ostensibly suspended the clip following a copyright claim from Warner Bros. Greenpeace says the video uses satire and parody, is in the public interest, and therefore protected under the right to free speech. The film racked up over 3 million views in less than three days on YouTube.
