They Took Away Our Scootaloo?

[Ashton]

So was that actually Scootaloo's voice actor?

Yes, she did it during last(?) week on Everfree Radio.

[weesh]

So this is a simple matter of someone taking the audio, adding a video to youtube, and it getting taken down because the person who submitted it didn't have rights to the song?

That is a bit anticlimactic.

[Ashton]

So this is a simple matter of someone taking the audio, adding a video to youtube, and it getting taken down because the person who submitted it didn't have rights to the song?

That is a bit anticlimactic.

Actually, it's questionable who "owns" the video, since it was an official collaboration by Mandopony (and posted on his channel) and Acoustic Brony, with Madaline Peters... and AFAIK Jingle Bells is PD now...

But it wasnt just Scootaloo, the VAs for Applebloom and Sweetybelle did an xmas song too and Hasbro had it taken down (dont know if it was put back or not)

[Dessa]

Here's the thing. Scootaloo is the property of Hasbro, and it's not uncommon for a VA to sign the rights to their voice for that character away to the company. So when a VA goes and does Scootaloo for something not sanctioned by the company, it exposes the company to whatever criticism the voice actor might incur.

Here's a ridiculous but entirely plausible scenario that could arise:

A child pony fant goes to Youtube and hears this video. This child, being non-Christian, is upset by the fact that they feel Scootaloo is disrespecting their faith by singing a Christian tune, and they go cry to mommy about it. Mommy, who is slightly insane, goes and talks to her insane religious group (not implying that all religious groups are insane, BTW just that some are) who organize some sort of campaign against Hasbro, who had nothing to do with Scootaloo endorsing Christmas.

Or conversely, a Christian parent could be offended that the song sings about Santa without mentioning Jesus.

Or an atheist parent might just not like there being any religious reference in their cartoon at all.

Bottom line: There are crazies out there and Hasbro doesn't want to have to deal with them.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Here's the thing. Scootaloo is the property of Hasbro, and it's not uncommon for a VA to sign the rights to their voice for that character away to the company. So when a VA goes and does Scootaloo for something not sanctioned by the company, it exposes the company to whatever criticism the voice actor might incur.

Here's a ridiculous but entirely plausible scenario that could arise:

A child pony fant goes to Youtube and hears this video. This child, being non-Christian, is upset by the fact that they feel Scootaloo is disrespecting their faith by singing a Christian tune, and they go cry to mommy about it. Mommy, who is slightly insane, goes and talks to her insane religious group (not implying that all religious groups are insane, BTW just that some are) who organize some sort of campaign against Hasbro, who had nothing to do with Scootaloo endorsing Christmas.

Or conversely, a Christian parent could be offended that the song sings about Santa without mentioning Jesus.

Or an atheist parent might just not like there being any religious reference in their cartoon at all.

Bottom line: There are crazies out there and Hasbro doesn't want to have to deal with them.

QFT.

[Legit101]

Here's the thing. Scootaloo is the property of Hasbro, and it's not uncommon for a VA to sign the rights to their voice for that character away to the company. So when a VA goes and does Scootaloo for something not sanctioned by the company, it exposes the company to whatever criticism the voice actor might incur.

Here's a ridiculous but entirely plausible scenario that could arise:

A child pony fant goes to Youtube and hears this video. This child, being non-Christian, is upset by the fact that they feel Scootaloo is disrespecting their faith by singing a Christian tune, and they go cry to mommy about it. Mommy, who is slightly insane, goes and talks to her insane religious group (not implying that all religious groups are insane, BTW just that some are) who organize some sort of campaign against Hasbro, who had nothing to do with Scootaloo endorsing Christmas.

Or conversely, a Christian parent could be offended that the song sings about Santa without mentioning Jesus.

Or an atheist parent might just not like there being any religious reference in their cartoon at all.

Bottom line: There are crazies out there and Hasbro doesn't want to have to deal with them.

True no matter how insane it.

[maxishy]

if its the same voice as in the show they are right to take it down if they want to wich was not because someponys still have it on their account thus the removal of the one vid could only be a parasprite action

[Ashton]

@ Dessa/Tales/Legit101:

It's a sad word we live in when an adorable little orange Pegasus filly singing jingle bells is offensive... though on those grounds I understand where hasbro was comming from.

And for the 7th time or so, it's been put back up, by the orginal poster, apparently with permission(?) this time.

if its the same voice as in the show they are right to take it down if they want to wich was not because someponys still have it on their account thus the removal of the one vid could only be a parasprite action

This is the nature of the beast known as the internet. It is impossible to completely destroy information now. Someone, somewhere, on some obscure server or archive, has ever letter ever typed since the web first came online. (This is also why internet piracy cannot be stopped and DRM-free digital distribution should be better addressed, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms)