StSanders Parody videos removed from youtube!

Spotted on guitarmx, the very funny parody videos of great guitar players by StSanders have been pulled by youtube:

Three videos were removed from my account just before the whole account came crumbling down. I’m not saying who contacted the YouTube demanding the removal of a video, but the info is there and some fans have already found it.

From wired.com:

Here’s a little recap to bring you up to speed on this issue, in case you haven’t been following along:

1. Certain guitarists took themselves too seriously.

2. Lots of guitar fans took certain guitarists too seriously, having read too many guitar-oriented magazines.

3. Santeri Ojala, a.k.a. StSanders, created brilliant parody videos in which these guitarists were made to look as if they played really, really poorly.

4. Viewers all over the world laughed out loud at the videos on YouTube, the Jimmy Kimmel Show, and both.

5. Someone, possibly Yngwie Malmsteen or his management, complained to Google about the videos, all of which were pulled from the company’s YouTube site.

6. We’re trying to figure out why the videos were removed, since parodies (and these are certainly parodies) are protected by fair use.

7. Google apparently isn’t answering its hotline today.