YouTube and eBay, meet O.J.

jlew24asu
jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
edited November 2006 in A Moving Train
how long before its posted on the this board? will it stay up? would you watch it? would you buy a bootleg from ebay?

I wouldnt.



http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/21/simpson.youtube.ap/index.html


NEW YORK (AP) -- The O.J. Simpson project is dead, but the book and the TV interview could turn up in bootleg form in this age of YouTube and eBay, when scandalous information seldom stays secret for long.

News Corp., owner of Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins, called off Simpson's "confession" Monday after advertisers, booksellers and even Fox personality Bill O'Reilly branded the project sick and exploitive.

A two-part interview had been scheduled to air November 27 and November 29 on Fox, with the book, "If I Did It," to follow on November 30.

HarperCollins spokeswoman Erin Crum said some copies had already been shipped to stores but would be recalled, and all copies would be destroyed. She would not say how long that would take.

With the interview already taped, however, and thousands of books either sitting in warehouses or headed to booksellers, Simpson's supposedly hypothetical account of how he would have committed the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman appears all but certain to surface.

"A book becomes collectible when it's hard to find, and this will become very, very collectible, surely worth four figures," said Richard Davies, a spokesman for AbeBooks.com, an online seller that specializes in used and collectible books.

The Simpson book will almost certainly remain underground, with another publisher unlikely to take on "If I Did It."

Even Michael Viner, whose previous releases include a memoir by disgraced New York Times reporter Jayson Blair and a tell-all by four Hollywood call girls, said his Beverly Hills-based Phoenix Books was not interested.

"It's the public equivalent of doing a snuff film," said Viner, referring to films that claim to show a person being killed.

"People can make money by doing snuff films, but no one wants to be associated with it."
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  • Scratchin a Letter
    Scratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    jlew24asu wrote:
    how long before its posted on the this board? will it stay up? would you watch it? would you buy a bootleg from ebay?
    I'd watch it. I was very interested to see how he handled the interview. And how he would have explained his reasons for doing it (the book...). I think he's guilty. But I'm not sure. I feel like this would make me form a solid opinion on the issue.

    Don't get me wrong though, I completely agree he's trying to profit from their deaths. That certainly isn't one of my turn-ons. I guess he's just a greedy old bastard...
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    It was the biggest case of the Century........you bet your ass ill watch it.
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    I might watch it if I knew for sure he didnt profit from any of this. but not sure if watching it will change anything. why do I want to watch a cold blooded murderer tell me how it was done. I have no interest.
  • Dino283
    Dino283 Posts: 81
    miller8966 wrote:
    It was the biggest case of the Century........you bet your ass ill watch it.
    I remember when it was the trail.man it was so exiting.I was a little dissappointed that he got cleared but in a court of law u cant chalenge there verdict.
    I’d thank my lucky stars,
    to be livin here today.
    ‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
    and they can’t take that away.

    And I’m proud to be an American,
    where at least I know I’m free.
    And I wont forget the men who died,
    who gave that right to me.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    another article.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_en_tv/simpson_interview
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    and another:

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15818960/?GT1=8717
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  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    miller8966 wrote:
    It was the biggest case of the Century........you bet your ass ill watch it.

    Do you think it trumps the JFK Assassination? I mean, it was never proven that Lee Harvey Oswald did it. He was murdered by Jack Ruby before he could have his day in court.

    Or how about Jimmy Hoffa? They're still looking for whatever's left of him.
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  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    enharmonic wrote:
    Do you think it trumps the JFK Assassination? I mean, it was never proven that Lee Harvey Oswald did it. He was murdered by Jack Ruby before he could have his day in court.

    Or how about Jimmy Hoffa? They're still looking for whatever's left of him.

    Jimmy Hoffa and JFK were never Cases.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_en_tv/simpson_interview_83
  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    If they actually were show it, millions of people would watch it. Even the ones that say they wouldnt, because everybody wants to know. If people dont want to watch it then they can change the channel. Its that simple. I think its fucked up but if I didnt want to watch something then I would change the channel.
    I'll be back

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