News: On Tuesday, Beyonce took a huge fall down steps in her performance in Orlando. She later told the audience it “hurt so bad”–and by the looks of it, it could have been worse, so thankfully she wasn’t seriously hurt. She even got right back up and continued the song. She later told the audience, “Don’t put this up on YouTube.”
Well, of course, they didn’t listen and put up homemade clips from the show (probably taken on cellphones). The clips were viewed often all week. Then, YouTube took them down for “terms of use” violation, apparently meaning possible copyright violations (of the song performed) and unauthorized use of the video of Beyonce (who likely did not consent to the video). Sony BMG apparently sent YouTube a DMCA notice for copyright infringement. (More) YouTube, though, doesn’t seem to be finding all the clips yet because, last time I checked, you can find one clip here.
BTW, I think the concert venue staff are really the ones responsible for all the unauthorized clips. Maybe it’s too hard to control, but they let this happen.
July 30, 2007 at 12:00 am
[...] Beyonce falls down on video and then off YouTube News: On Tuesday, Beyonce took a huge fall down steps in her performance in Orlando. She later told the audience it […] [...]
July 30, 2007 at 11:43 pm
It’s amazing how often members of our worshipped class within society are just like us. They fall down too.
July 31, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Which is why these videos spread like wildfire. We like to see them be human. At least I do, because they try so hard to be more than human.
August 1, 2007 at 12:15 pm
[...] fall still a big hit on YouTube News: As I reported earlier, video clips of Beyonce falling down stairs at her concert in Orlando last week have become very [...]
August 3, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Stars usually like to excagurate about their minor injuries. I’m not surprised that she said it, ‘hurt so bad’.
August 5, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I cringe when I see things like this, because even though she’s famous (maybe even more so because she’s famous), it’s hard to live stuff down. You just have to learn what counts, and what’s just something to talk about for a minute.
August 8, 2007 at 2:16 am
Dang…..she bit the dust!! LOL! Ha ha!
September 11, 2007 at 6:50 pm
everybody makes mistakes and fall i really don’t think its that big of a deal, when have you ever heard of beyonce half steppin on something…….. Never because she knows what she is doing, and she is good at what she does.
September 14, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Leave the girl alone