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Unofficial copies immediately popped up on YouTube, which had just launched that year and exited beta earlier that week, getting over 5 million views in a few days. Two months later, NBC Universal ordered YouTube to take it offline, along with 500 other NBC clips. Geniuses! https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/business/media/a-video-clip-goes-viral-and-a-tv-network-wants-to-control-it.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.TMj1.7QpHBM-uo8uS&smid=url-share