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Fortunately you can still view it here: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=NFS30PZO

When will media companies learn that you can't censor the internet? Doing so only causes more people to look at what you tried to hide. UMG really is a dinosaur.

Fear not! We can all switch to MegaVideo. At least, you can.

Do any of you young folk remember a man by the name of Daniel Ellsberg? If not, please take a little bit of your time and look up a movie called "The Most Dangerous Man in America". For more information please visit the Internet Movie Database at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319726/.

Daniel Ellisberg was the man who leaked what has become known as "The Pentagon Papers". He was the first man to be charged under the Espionage Act, with results that the administration did not intend. He never spent a minute in jail. The documentary of his actions came out last year (2009).

Here is a little breakdown of the story:

"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg shook America to its foundations when he smuggled a top-secret Pentagon study to the New York Times that showed how five Presidents consistently lied to the American people about the Vietnam War that was killing millions and tearing America apart. President Nixon's National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger called Ellsberg "the most dangerous man in America," who "had to be stopped at all costs." But Ellsberg wasn't stopped. Facing 115 years in prison on espionage and conspiracy charges, he fought back. Ensuing events surrounding the so-called Pentagon Papers led directly to Watergate and the downfall of President Nixon, and hastened the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg's relentless telling of truth to power, which exposed the secret deeds of an "Imperial Presidency," inspired Americans of all walks of life to forever question the previously-unchallenged pronouncements of its leaders. "The Most Dangerous Man in America" tells the inside story, for the first time on film, of this pivotal event that changed history and transformed our nation's political discourse. It is told largely by the players of that dramatic episode-Ellsberg, his colleagues, family and critics; Pentagon Papers authors and government officials; Vietnam veterans and anti-war activists; Watergate principals, attorneys and the journalists who both covered the story and were an integral part of it; and finally-through White House audiotapes-President Nixon and his inner circle of advisors.

Documentary is available at Megavideo: http://www.megavideo.com/?d=6VI4M5CC

At the risk of potentially melting a server somewhere in Taiwan or somewhere, here's a link to part 1 of a seven-part documentary, "The Private Life of Plants." http://www.megavideo.com/?v=QM24N1FL They actually move quite a lot on longer timescales than our meatbag-brains can usually appreciate.

http://www.megavideo.com/?d=CIPB1VOT @ 11:01

Damn, I forgot the link.

Here we go:

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=9UA7X2N4

Context Go straight to 5:46.