Yaakov Shwekey may have revolutionized an age-old tradition with his 5 minute song. YouTube has made sure to crush that revolt.
Upon composing a "video bar" for the readers of M&M, the author found that all footage of the concert in Ceasaria, Israel, where the song first aired, had been deleted.
Composed by Yonatan Razel, Shwekey's new tune for Vehi Sheamda, a popular segment of the Passover Haggadah, is likely to substitute the age-honored melody in many homes this year. Even if it doesn't succeed in replacing the usually-used tune, it will surely maintain, if not increase, its fame. Vehi Sheamda is featured on Shwekey's album "Live in Ceasaria," released December 9, 2008. Even though Pesach 2009 has passed since its publication, the song did not soar to its height of popularity until this year.
If one attempts to search for the video of Vehi Sheamda once on YouTube, one will find messages the likes of "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by The Project Company " and other messages mentioning rights abuse.
Of course, other videos of the tune are viewable, but they just don't cut it.
It is saddening and indicatory of a poor matziv when videos of Jewish music are removed from the Web due to copyright infringement. Honest people must now lose out because of those who don't take the 8th Commandments seriously.
The only video on the web can be found here (a copy appearing on dailymotion.com). Watch it now while it lasts!
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Tzaddikim, here's the link to youtube (remember, one must only go on youtube with aduldt supervision): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8h0yQZZyXk&feature=related
ReplyDeleteJust copy and paste.
I thought I'd hyperlinked the word "here" in the second-to-last line of the post... that's why it's green...
ReplyDeleteAlso, please note that there is no video bar in this blog, due to technical rarities. (Ha--not difficulties!)