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August 6, 2012 11:19 pm GMT
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Who Blocked NASAs Mars Landing on YouTube?
Night owls in the U.S. searching for NASA's Mars landing video on YouTube immediately after the event, including your humble correspondent, were met with mysterious opposition.
Nope, not Martians, but Scripps Local News Service -- which blocked the historic NASA video on spurious grounds for more than an hour.
SEE ALSO: Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars, Watch Mission Control Go Crazy [VIDEO]
Scripps, a privately-held company, did not contribute any content to the NASA video. Nor, so far as we can tell, does it have a local news bureau on Mars.
But the company does have a history of blocking NASA content via YouTube's Content ID system, which…
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