Oh, No! 'Star Trek' episodes have been REMOVED from YouTube!

[USS Triumphant]

and could not be downloaded.

Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that. There are many websites out there dedicated specifically to downloading media from streaming sites like youtube.

Maybe it would be better to say, could not be downloaded by anyone who would not probably have better ways to illicitly acquire the episodes for free.

 

[Keith1701]

How dare they!! Dang now i gots to get up n put the blu ray in the player and hit play. Oh well. More data to use on the phone this month

say it isn't so......

 

[Joe_Atari]

and could not be downloaded.

Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that. There are many websites out there dedicated specifically to downloading media from streaming sites like youtube.

It's a moot point now, but out of curiosity I tried downloading one of the eps using a couple of these online tools but could not. Didn't put a whole lot of effort into it; just wanted to try. If you could download them it's certainly not a great way to collect the series -- a lot of effort for low-res, low-bitrate copies. The eps were also watermarked with the CBS logo, so they were on the level. Shame they're gone because they were handy for quick reference as well (checking out a shot, music cue, line of dialogue, etc.) without having to pull out a disc. Otherwise I'd much rather watch the DVDs/BDs.

 

[MacLeod]

I'm pretty sure that CBS themselves had full episodes posted on YouTube, at some point within the past few years or decade, but they seem to have reversed course on that.

You and EnsignTOS are correct; simply visiting the page where the episodes were posted would make it perfectly obvious they were legit:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/SWZk2dX5DnW_c

The clips that are there now were always present and would be just as much of a copyright violation as the full episodes. The episodes have been up for only the last few months and just came down in the last week; I know because I used to play them on my iPad as I nodded off to sleep. =(

The episodes were the 1985 transfers (i.e. not TOS-R) and strangely several episodes were missing (I Mudd, A Private Little War, Assignment: Earth, ...And The Children Shall Lead). CBS probably felt comfortable posting them on YouTube since they were not TOS-R, only 360P, and could not be downloaded. They apparently had second thoughts for whatever reason.

I can hazard a guess as to the reason.

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