Olympic Organizers Rush To Delete Leaked Opening Ceremony Footage From YouTube
Today leaked footage of the Olympic opening ceremony was removed from YouTube in an attempt by the organizers to ensure that Friday’s ceremony will be a surprise. During the rehearsal the show’s artistic director, Danny Boyle, appealed to spectators to "save the surprise" and not to share footage of the rehearsal before the event, but that didn’t stop some spectators from uploading videos of the rehearsal to YouTube.
Today leaked footage of the Olympic opening ceremony was removed from YouTube in an attempt by the organizers to ensure that Friday’s ceremony will be a surprise. During the rehearsal the show’s artistic director, Danny Boyle, appealed to spectators to “save the surprise” and not to share footage of the rehearsal before the event, but that didn’t stop some spectators from uploading videos of the rehearsal to YouTube.
The Guardian reports that, “Recordings of the ceremony were removed from the website on ‘copyright grounds’, while Twitter users were urged to report any leaked footage of the rehearsals.”
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