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

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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  • Dinkiecb
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:32pm

    Sounds like to me that someone at the NFL got the swelled head and told em to take it down…only problem is the NFL doesn’t run the country yet, just the football league, and they damn sure dont own chrysler…at the moment…would imagine the NFL got a call from Chrysler and reminded em they aren’t in charge nor did they pay for the commercial. You can berate chrysler, but they did pay for the commercial and NOT the NFL…lol

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    • wardo1234
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:55pm

      People, this will happen every day thousands of time if SOPA PIPA or anything similar passes. Its scary when you can see it happen in real life.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:03pm

      .
      I guess I wasn’t the only one to hear, “It’s halftime”,
      and see this as a “Give Obama a second term” commercial.
      Nothing happens by accident in the advertising world, and with
      Chrysler getting a bailout, I assumed they were bowing to Obama.
      Throw in a Hollywood icon, and what do you have? a political statement.

      To those who think I’m wrong, let me ask you this.
      “How many Chrysler products did you see highlighted?”

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    • turkey13
      Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:17am

      Maybe the NFL gave Chrysler a 10% discount and probably put some small print the lawyers missed in saying they owned the ad.

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:13pm

      It‘s more likely that it was ford that filed a phony complaint to youtube as revenge for the chevy commercial they didn’t like.

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  • AZMommy
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:26pm

    I have always been a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, but I must confess that I am a little disappointed that he is supporting Chrysler, a company so bloated and corrupted by union greed that it should have tanked a long time ago.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:44pm

      Yes because nothing says “fair and resiliant” Like losing 1.3 billion dollars of tax payer money to auto companies (that’s you Chrysler) with bad business models, and price themselves out of the market by perpetuating extravagant benefit packages for their unionite employees (that’s you again Chrysler). So what Clint is saying is that it’s “American” to make the American people pay for a group of companies that brought themselves to banruptcy because some of their divisions can’t compete at an acceptable level. It’s half time Clint…found your mind yet?

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    • marion
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:28pm

      You must watch a lot of liberal media to come up with this conclusion, both of you are such idiots. If you knew anything about the Chrysler corporation itself, you would know a lot more than this. Were the unions responsible for ChryCo’s demise? Partly, but you forget the great Daimler Benz Auto Group spent the past 8 years stripping her of anything and every thing from money to designs and engineers, and then Cerberus tried to do some more, but like Bain Capital, strip and chop some more, and there were some improvements but they were small and there really wasn’t anything left but repeats for several more years to come, and then the housing collapse which led to the collapse of Chrysler and General Motors. The two bailouts fed the leeches first, meaning the unions, and the stockholders none, then Chrysler was given to Fiat because they had a good CEO that has done some pretty good things, but Fiat now has major stock in the company so she technically isn’t owned as an American company any more (too bad, really). They installed their own management when the government bailed them out, the same way the mob does when they refinance a company in order to suck the life out of them. Thing with Chrysler is, Sergio Marchionne intends to make Chrysler a masterful company because she is capable of it, gets Fiat (not the old company that left the US back in the 70s) into the USA, and so far they are doing much better.

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    • marion
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:32pm

      There is the $1.7billion that isn’t accounted for, and quite truthfully I don’t know what the deal with that is, but at the same time, GM simply borrowed other money from the government to pay for its government loans so she supposedly paid off her debt ahead of time, which I don’t believe for a second. I think right now Chrysler is actually going to be having Fiat headquarters in the USA, given Italy’s current state of disarray.

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  • Lt. Hutch
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:26pm

    Did anyone else hear a twinge of Reagan in Eastwood’s speech. “It’s halftime in America.” Didn’t Reagan say “It’s morning in America?” I liked this commercial very much.

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  • LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:24pm

    YO! ENICOM! TAKE THIS!

    You Spewed;

    “The right decided that don’t wnat to listent to reason, or facts, or logic and decided that lies and bigotry was the way to go. Instead of working with the President, from before he took office they worked to deligitimize him and hamper his re-election.

    The Tea Party are just the usefully idiots, fueled of Koch Brother’s money spreading the lies and hate.”

    Lemme…..answer back…putz boy…since you haven’t a brain in your head that functions…get Mom to tell you about it….then go back and play with your toys….oh….and…spell check….RIGHT click on Mom‘s ’puter….ok dingle?

    The left decided that it is going to MAKE UP IT’S OWN VERSION reason, facts, AND quasi logic and decided that lies and deceit was the way to go. They got in CAHOOTS with the President, from before he took office and worked to CONFUSE THE MASSES, DIVIDE THEM TO ENSURE his re-election.

    The PEOPLE THAT CALL THEMSELVES PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS are just the usefuL idiots, fueled BY GEORGE SOROS money spreading the lies and hate, FALSE RACISM, CLASS ENVY AND SUPPOSED DREAM OF UPTOPIA….

    THAT….is much more accurate….

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:19pm

    Which political party has run Michigan and Detroit for the last 50 years? Go ahead… guess.

    HINT: Same political party that ran New Orleans and LA during hurrican Katrina

    Free health care to the winner!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:39pm

      Rule by Ceasar… gave HandOuts to Roman Citizens… while it kept them in System where the Rich became Richer, in order to give HandOuts… where the Leaders were free to Kill and do any Crazy & Criminal Deed, because of Popular Support!

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    • Beulah
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:27pm

      What really struck me as odd, being from the minority-heavy Chicago, is the discernible lack of minorities in this commercial, which is supposed to feature the Motor City; Detroit, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is roughly 83% black, yet there only had been a mere three readily-visible blacks in all the faces shown for the city, and even those few were clearly working middle class men. Detroit’s downfall is the result of ultra-liberal black Democrats holding sway there for decades, which is why the general population is so very poor (more than a third are listed below poverty level, and the median income is a whopping $20K less than the Michigan average). This is not to suggest that blacks are responsible for their own demises, other than they have bought into, wholesale, the promises of their ultra-liberal black leaders; they have lowered their guard at the color line, and become prey of that trust. It is not for no reason that Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson blames black leaders (WHO LEAD) for steering their own people off a cliff, because the black people herein have FOLLOWED, not white leaders, but their OWN leaders, yet they fail to see the causal connection. It is the same in Chicago, which has been in serious decline for decades, and in any minority-laded metropolitan area which has bought into the disastrous liberal policies of their own leaders. Check out Beck’s interview of Peterson, a leader whom blacks SHOULD follow:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqV3QimDeVA

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  • hauschild
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:16pm

    Surprised Clint did an ad helping a Marxist or crony-capitalistic American company.

    They’ll be belly-up like GM once the government money runs out – if it ever does.

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  • Ming The Merciless
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:07pm

    In other news – who knows why YT does what it does.

    Next story.

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  • LibertyGoddess
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:05pm

    I suspect the negative reminder of where our nation is makes the Obamanites nervous. Yet, I can see why some think Clint Eastwood makes this a pro-Obama campaign because he is so supportive of Obama. Honestly, there is nothing distorted, and we are all adults who can handle the truth. Anyone offended is just looking to bark about something else.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:00pm

    …
    The greedy, lazy, over paid, UNION workers destroyed the jobs in Detroit, not the ECONOMY.

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  • Viper1
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:00pm

    This is so simple. Doesn’t anybody remember the two laws the Whitehouse wanted passed concerning the internet about two weeks ago? Well somebody made an attempt at censorship and got caught. This is a good ad. I don’t think we are at half time here in America but we are just getting started. I am proud to be an American and I hope you are as well!

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  • honor007
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:57pm

    It’s time for a big INTERCEPTION!!!!!

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  • HKS
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:51pm

    @Mils

    I’m afraid your are correct, as soon as Romney gets the nod, look out, you are not going to believe what they will to do with him. And he is quite vulnerable with the religion stuff since Mormons are , well, religious. and they will have the lib’s throwing rocks at god before there done. It could remind one of that scene in Moses when he came down from the mountain and the people had the golden calf out bowing to false gods. Should be interesting.

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  • Mateytwo Barreett
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:49pm

    Didn’t like trhe minimmercial- at all. The Backdrop- a city thast commited suicide in 50 yrears,with hundreds of billions spent on it. Supposedly supported by an industry that likewise, killed itself. The message- the return of the american auto industry- with a roar? !?!?! Ever sat next to a hybrid at a traffic light? Those are crickets you’re hearing.

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  • robert0418
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:34pm

    There are good things about DETROIT, the price of a 4 Brm 2 bath home is 67 K, factor in 4 AR 15s, four flak jackets and a steel front door you are still under 80K, where in the US can you do that ?

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    • Freebird
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:41pm

      Anywhere along the border with Mexico in southern Arizona I’m guessing.

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    • Marine25
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:50pm

      Detroit also has more young men and women in uniform serving their country than any other city in the United States.

      But go on and ridicule their city while they defend yours.

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    • SageInWaiting
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:51pm

      The only drawback is needing to learn Arabic to read storefronts and ads.

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    • machineGear
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:22pm

      +1 Good post.

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:22pm

      @Marine
      Now, why do you suppose the yute (nichigese for youth) of Detroit is going into the service.
      1) No job oportunity?
      2) Training AND education?
      3) Less chance of getting shot at?
      5) The possibility of shooting back?
      6) Structure to an otherwise chaotic life?
      7) All of the above?

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  • Brainmuffin
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:31pm

    We are well passed halftime in America. More like 2 minutes to go, down by 14 and don’t have the ball.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:06pm

      Yep. People saying things like “Obama won’t have to do much to win”. “Romney can’t win”

      The worst president in history…

      You‘re bettin’ on a three legged horse. If this sham-ster wins that means the public is too stupid to be saved. The republic is lost.

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  • Freebird
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:31pm

    The ad that caught my attention was the Doritos ad where the dog is apparently burying the missing cat? I wonder if the humane society will raise a fuss about that one? I just caught the end of this one last night,because I refuse to watch has-beens and unknowns perform at halftime.I just watched it now,in it’s entirety and it does seem to have a double meaning.Maybe that’s by design,I don’t know.

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  • TRILO
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:27pm

    I am certain the commercial was not pulled for content. This smells of a test for the new copyright laws that Congress is trying to get passed. The NFL and Facebook (who are both in bed with the Dept of Homeland Security and the tyrant in chief) claims they have the copyright to a Chrysler commercial? Really, so now the NFL owns all the commercials that play during their broadcast?

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    • barber2
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:34pm

      Ah, the lawyers. Cause almost as much trouble as our community organizers. Only thing worse are the those lawyer who are also community organizers !

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:36pm

      More like NFL, sent a blanket letter to Youtube to remove anything with the word “Halftime” in it. The new law failed in Congress, under the exisiting laws a copyright holder has the right to demand youtube to remove videos that infringe on their copyrights.

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  • Rob
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:24pm

    I have never seen this nation so divided… in just three years.

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    • encinom
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:38pm

      The right decided that don’t wnat to listent to reason, or facts, or logic and decided that lies and bigotry was the way to go. Instead of working with the President, from before he took office they worked to deligitimize him and hamper his re-election.

      The Tea Party are just the usefully idiots, fueled of Koch Brother’s money spreading the lies and hate.

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    • Shackleford
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:47pm

      LOL at encinom.

      What a tool. Your echo chamber is so airtight that you seem to think you can project your own qualities onto real Americans.

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    • Mr.Fitnah
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:52pm

      @ ENCINOM really? Obama was able to start his policies before he was in office in a move I saw as unprecedented his BS was passed under Bush earlier than his swearing in . look it up they were both reginas

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:02pm

      @Encino
      Double up on the peyote yesterday? Your memory of the past three years vary greatly from mine. Oh, just to job that memory a bit. Who was it that controlled the HOR for 2 of the past 3 years? My goodness, there it is the Demmys. As far as your assertions about the Tea party. I just one picture-not photoshopped- of anybody crapping of a cop car. Or hitting a cop with a brick, pissbags at themedia, wiolating park regulations- AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT, vandalism, property damage, costing municipalities and governments gobs of money for clean up. How bad is it- – When you got dying rats- – waduuthink?
      Reason, logic, facts I bet they;d listen- if any ever surfaced. Whats the rhetoric been? Its those damn republicans, they just won;t go along!
      But its all a mute point now. . Thjanx to the unforeign policy logic of this administration- we be gon back to a police action in just a little bit. . Hell we probably are!

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    • Viper1
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:17pm

      I hope and Pray, that’s right, I said Pray that America can rise again to the honored spot that we once held so high. Detroit was a model but we let it slip through our hands and started giving our economic pride to China and Russia. Their GDP in both places is greater than 9% and ours is sitting at around 1.1%. I am sick and tired of people putting down the TEA PARTY. We have no political dog in the fights of the past, but we will have one in the future. President Nobama put it in his own words, “If you are not better off in four years then you are today then make me a one term President”. Well if that is his guide then he needs to go home. I just had this same argument with someone that I call a friend and it sure seems funny that those same exact words were used by someone debating this issue. She told me that it is BUSH’S fault. Well two can play that game. I chose to say it is FDR’S fault. Actually it is both parties fault for robbing the Social Security trust fund and never paying it back. But right now it is President Barack Obama’s fault. I don’t like politicians from either side, but whoever will bring American Jobs back to America is who I will support. How about YOU? How about shovel-ready jobs? Where are they and who’s fault is that?If Detroit can be saved then do it. I don’t care who does it but somebody please do it.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:23pm

    All I heard was…”It’s bailout time in America.” Sorry to see Clint do this spot.

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    • toto
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Just wish it was ballot time in America! We have ONE chance to turn this all around. It’s not so much the President, but the Congress that we have to take back . Pelosi, Reid, and friends on both sides of the isle, have emotionally and physically gutted this country. They will use every illegal and legal dirty trick and vast sums to stop patriots who believe in America from saving her.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:18pm

      DITTO !!!

      I was surprised Eastwood agreed to do it.

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  • Netizen Kane
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:21pm

    Sorry….screw Detroit, the Marxist Unions, the Government Crony-Phony Capitalism, and the self-destructive useful idiots that support it all…..which would pretty much be all Democrats and 2/3 of Republicans…..

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  • wwwjr
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:18pm

    The fact that this ad upset Karl Rove is proof the ad was appropriate. karl Rove is a dimwit with ONE objective. Self-promotion among non-thinking people. IIf he doesn’t like something, by definition, that thing must be good.

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  • steveh931
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:17pm

    The commercial tries to be Patriotic, but there’s just to much riding the political lines in this one, it’s what we call political correctness. Two choices this November, Independent Liberties for all or a Communist State belonging to the New World Order.

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  • HKS
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:12pm

    I don’t know what everyone else though of the ad, but I can see a mixed message. Hope for a battered industry, town and country, OK. However, it could also be an Obama/democratic political ad, he’s at halftime and needs four more years to complete this Resurrection. I don’t think Eastwood is a radical but I could be wrong. Just trying to see the underlying message, there is always one there you know.

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    • barber2
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:24pm

      Yes but the ad talks about Americans “pulling together” in hard times which seems at odds with Obama’s message of ” anti-rich ” ( code for the anti-capitalism of the Occupiers ) rhetoric aimed at driving Americans apart…

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    • mils
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:28pm

      Good commercial…no matter your political view…

      It is unfortunate..but I do not believe Obama will NOT need to do too much to win this time either. Mitt is a poor candidate…there will be so much crap slung at mitt you will be thinking the man stole all the money he worked hard for fro the blacks and hispanics of this country.. Pitiful,. Resentful people …that can’t, won’t, get an education and pull them selves up out of the gutters..are envious or a hard working successful person…
      The Second half?…hmm…that’s where we are folks…our media is biased and out of control..and the prayer rugs have been ordered for one and all…along with a few jackboots and brown shirts…only we can cancel the order…

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    • waitin42012
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:48pm

      Clint has already went on record saying he is NOT an Obama supporter. He is one of few in Hollywood that doesn’t drink the liberal Kool Aid. I think that should be fairly obvious from his movies – Gran Torino wasn’t exactly PC and I loved that.

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  • Obama Snake Oil Co
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:04pm

    I saw it this morning on superbowlcommericals.com? I even watched again there.

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  • LeeroyJenkins
    Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:59pm

    It was a message of hope. Not just the word hope.Seems to me that commercial said exactly what an optimist would say. Obama is no optimist and since they run the Chrysler show, that message was illegal.

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