Youtube Pulls Original "Rickroll" Video

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Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 25, 2010 @01:13PM from the keep-rolling dept.

@VentureBeat writes "Youtube pulled the original 'Rickroll' video Wednesday night. Don't worry, after a lot of email about the loss of such an important piece of cultural history, Youtube put it back up, saying that they're never gonna say goodbye to the video that's had over 30 million views."

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Which poses the question: (Score:2, Funny)

by llvllatrix ( 839969 ) writes: on Thursday February 25, 2010 @01:16PM (#31273958)

How do you Rickroll this video?

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You just got Rick Rolled by Youtube... (Score:2, Funny)

by ground.zero.612 ( 1563557 ) writes: on Thursday February 25, 2010 @01:33PM (#31274278)

SUCKERS!

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Too much bandwidth?? (Score:5, Funny)

by Joce640k ( 829181 ) writes: on Thursday February 25, 2010 @01:42PM (#31274420) Homepage

That baby must have sicked up terabytes/min at its peak. You can probably trace global warming back to Rick Astley if you try.

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Re:Too much bandwidth?? (Score:4, Funny)

by Nerdfest ( 867930 ) writes: on Thursday February 25, 2010 @03:29PM (#31276234)

In the future, the "Astley" will become the standard unit for measuring carbon emissions from computing. eg.: I switched to DC power for our servers and saved 47 Astleys annually.

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Re:Maybe it is time... (Score:3, Funny)

by Colz Grigor ( 126123 ) writes: on Thursday February 25, 2010 @11:26PM (#31281156) Homepage

An iTunes Gift Card that will only download "Never Gonna Give You Up"?

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Re:Amazing How Long It's Gone On (Score:4, Funny)

by oldspewey ( 1303305 ) writes: on Monday March 01, 2010 @04:23PM (#31321278)

You've just been RIAA-rolled

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Which poses the question: (Score:2, Funny)

You just got Rick Rolled by Youtube... (Score:2, Funny)

Too much bandwidth?? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Too much bandwidth?? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Maybe it is time... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Amazing How Long It's Gone On (Score:4, Funny)

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