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Why Did The NFL Make YouTube Take Down Chrysler’s Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad?

Feb. 6, 2012 1:30pm Christopher Santarelli

You may have noticed that at one point this morning the video in our story on Clint Eastwood’s well-received Chrysler ad during halftime of the Super Bowl cut out. We weren’t the only ones.

Chrysler had uploaded the video of the ad on their YouTube account around the time of its airing Sunday night, but then this morning the video was removed due to a “copyright claim by NFL Properties LLC.”

Chrysler Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad Pulled

Huh? Chrysler’s commercial, Chrysler’s Youtube channel, no football footage, and the NFL doesn’t own YouTube (yet). What gives?

Chrysler was equally confused, with reps telling Jalopnik that they were trying to get to the bottom of the removal and have uploaded the video elsewhere.

“In fact, we’re just surprised it even happened. In fact, riding the wave of positive Detroit stories is a good thing — we like it,” General Motors’ Marketing Chief Joel Ewanick told Jalopnik readers this morning.

The video was mysteriously back up around 11:00 a.m.

Jalopnik reports that Chrysler still doesn’t know exactly why their ad was pulled off Youtube in the first place.

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RightMeansRight2
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:17pm
MARINE25: If what you say is true, it is because most people in detroit joined the Military to get the hell out of Hades. Detroit is a dangerous slum run by overly-corrupt politicians. People there have very little hope of ever having anything else. Two cities I will never, ever visit in America are detroit and new orleans. Trashy places that need serious help, starting with wiping out all of their politicians. I was surprised that ANYone could say anything positive about Detroit, and Clint sounded a bit unsure of himself when he was saying those things.

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alespen
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:16pm
The original ad started with “It’s half time at the Super Bowl…” The re-posted video had the words “Super Bowl” clipped out. The words “Super Bowl” is a trade marked name owned by the NFL, so, posting the original ad with Clint saying “Super Bowl” without the NFL’s permission was a trade mark violation, thus the NFL was within its rights to have the video taken down.

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amishron
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:46pm
The NFL can kiss our a***s.

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redbird one
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:06pm
That’s exactly right dina9999999. It sounds like a very nice message. That is what Barack Obama is so adept at, and how he got elected. He says things that no one can really disagree with, but if you know him and you know liberals you can see beyond the lofty rhetoric. Barack Obama is a crokked, dishonest socialist who despises traditional American values and the constitution. Please, in the future follow politics a little more closely so you can see through this crap. It’s called Chicago-style pay to play. This crook has been buying votes with our money since his first day in office.

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redbird one
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:57pm
Chicago-style pay to play on a national scale again. Obama gave Chrysler money so Chrysler tries to get Obama re-elected. It’s funny no one mentions Ford. Ford took $0.00 from the taxpayers, and is doing just as well if not better than Chrysler. If the bailout was neccessary to save jobs then why is Ford doing so well?

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advnet
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:26am
I would say the ad was very political. Chrysler has gone bankrupt even after getting their bailout. Now they are owned 20% by fiat, 20% by the US government and 55% by the united autoworkers union. You have to love to love it. The union and the government create an environment making it impossible to make a profit. Then the company goes belly up and is taken over by the people who destroyed the company and now it is being used for a political agenda. Oh and if it is true that Chrysler and Detroit are on the up swing then why is the actual reality of the company show it closing American plants and opening foreign plants http://www.allpar.com/corporate/factories.html
I do not see any new jobs in Detroit on that list. I did how ever notice that in 2011 new operations were opened in Shanghai and Dubai. The truth is a hard pill to swallow.

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prb65
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:47am
Commercial would have had a bigger impact if they would come clean and admit with apologie they created their own Solinsky like retirement bubble requiring rescue and that they would never again darken the doorway of the average “HARD” working american that will never see retirement before the age of 80..

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prb65
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:32am
Half time was years ago, and I am really tired of the “whoa is me/ cry baby” commercials and sympathy sells. Quite frankly I view the sympathy ad as a thumb up the nose of others out of work or evaporated 401k’s. Why should I have sympathy on a union company whos’ ad would not have been possible without the money of the average worker who paid taxes to save the this company while unions protest on wall street hurting the 401k of the people who actually saved them! The nerve!!!

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- prb65
  Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:34am
  Oh and make that paid union protesters.
  
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Batjak456
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:21am
HA!

Come on, folks!
This is an easy one.
‘Halftime’ simply refers to ‘halfway through Obama-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong’s 8-year presidential run’.
‘Code talk’ is his native tongue.
It’s THAT simple (so his ‘message’ can get through to his followers)
Pppfffttt…

BATJAK456

ALL GAVE SOME
SOME GAVE ALL

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lukerw
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:49pm
Bad Example; Good Message!

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TT1488
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:26pm
I like this commercial. Very Pro American working class. That’s what it is all about.

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dina9999999
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:23pm
Its been really sad to read most of the post here. Watching Eastwood’s Ad made me proud to be an American, the Detroiter, to be part of auto industry. I am not in the union, I work hard and don’t involve in politics. I was thinking how great America is, and we will prevail, I was not thinking of politics, or who is on the left or right, I was just swept by feeling of excitement and desire to do more, to see brighter future here in this land for all. To see the rise of Detroit and Untied States over all the hardships, not divided, but as a nation…. Reading all the anger, suspicion, criticism and disappointments makes me feel what it is a travesty what people here feel so little for their country and each other, and stand divided as they just want to criticize, impose their convictions forcefully on others, never compromise, never to see brighter side, just spew the anger… Really sad :(

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tiredofprogressives
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:12pm
NFL needs to get in charge and stay in charge of their product. They need to keep a check with severe penalties starting next year to prevent the Jew Run main media from putting their progressive filth in peoples living room.
Families and Parents need to wake up and call NBC and the NFL and bombard them with emails.
Would you allow this slut that calls herself Madonna and the other arm pit that calls herself MIA or whatever it is to come into your living room and do a live show in front of your children? Then why do you allow it to come in via the Television? Wake up dummies.

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jingoistic.patriot
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:50pm
I find it interesting that the NFL got their panties in a wad over this commercial. But the one that was aired of Bloomberg and the other anti-gun Mayor in Boston talking about infringing on American’s Civil Rights of gun ownership where they openly displayed NFL team logos and apparel, that was okay. Just another reason that I’m proud to say I stopped watching the NFL.

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babylonvi
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:27pm
This is just to get you ready for what will happen in the near future. Remember, King Barry has already signed the UN anti-piract and internet shut-down treaty so, when he makes it active by executive order, in violation of the constitutional requirement for Senate super-majority approval requirement, you will see this all day long. And worse, they can break into your house to search your computer without warrant for ‘contraband’. Have we reached that part of the declaration yet that states…..’whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends…….’?

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Fred
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:40pm
I think its the w.h who asked it to be pulled. i think its about obama’s re-election? ???

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The Sergeant Major
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:19pm
Who let Clint out of the rest home! I used to respect this guy and now he’s in bed with the dems, sad, so sad.

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geonj
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:17pm
nfl thinks they own the term halftime. go to hell.

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flatbroke
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:08pm
I missed the part where this ad was pro Obama! I thought Betty White had the best AD!

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skipmontesjr
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:49pm
And the underlying tone? VOTE REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER….Love Eastwood….

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Ohio Guy
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:42pm
Just another Chrysler product that occaisionally just stops working without cause or warning.

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last frontier
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:33pm
AH……. the smell of Fascism in the spring time, UG WHITESHOUSE SAY GM GOOD CHRYSLER BAD.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:49pm
It was taken down because it is a LIE. It is past half-time, especially in Detroit. They try saying Detroit is coming back and that is a lie also. Detroit will probably never be back. Chrysler lied. They build most of their cars in Mexico and in Canada. Detroit does very little but stick a few parts together to make a whole car.,,, ..and that is limited. Fiat owns 60% of Chrysler so really…Italy owns Chrysler. So quit trying to make it look like Detroit is ready for a renaissance…..it isn’t. Detroit is a black hole.

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right field
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:57pm
Divided We Stand – Divided We Fall.
There are so many reasons that using Detroit to “inspire” anything is so wrong in so many ways.
Detroit is certainly a perfect example of the total “failure” of liberalism, socialism, union control of a private enterprise, Democrat run public education, Democrat run city and county government and mostly a Democrat run state. Who can forget the Michael Moore – GM movie “Roger and Me” ??? Those were the days and just the beginning of the mass media supported propaganda campaign against everything Ronald Reagan ever stood for politically. By the way, people are leaving Michigan in droves – including all those brave young men and women who have joined the military.
This is the 4th consecutive Census where Michigan has lost at least one electoral vote.
Clint Eastwood is looking frail – but he was so good in his day!
Make My Day! Defeat Obama in November!

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- encinom
  Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:32pm
  What did Reagan ever stand for except as Papa Bush said Voodoo economics. Its clear that it didn’t work, it made the rich richer, while the middle class strunk and show its job protections fly out the door. Prior to Reagan being sworn in you didn’t need a college degree to enter the middle class, that was open to the blue collar types. Reagan’s assault on unions and the workers saw an end to that level of upward mobility.
  
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educatormom
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:41pm
Once again, who the he// cares what singers, actors or news casters say, stay out of it…bad enough politicians are actors, singers and news correspondents!

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