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Astronaut's Space Oddity cover returns to YouTube | |
(34 minutes later) | |
Canadian astronaut Cdr Chris Hadfield's cover of David Bowie's track Space Oddity, recorded on board the International Space Station, is back on YouTube. | |
The track was recorded as Cdr Hadfield prepared to return to Earth. | The track was recorded as Cdr Hadfield prepared to return to Earth. |
It was released on YouTube under a one-year agreement from David Bowie's publisher and had nearly 24 million views. | |
It was removed in May 2014 at the end of the deal. | It was removed in May 2014 at the end of the deal. |
Chris Hadfield, who has now retired from the Canadian Space Agency, announced its return in a blog post. | Chris Hadfield, who has now retired from the Canadian Space Agency, announced its return in a blog post. |
He said there had been "no rancour" in the decision to honour the original agreement and remove the video, and that everybody was keen for it be reinstated. | He said there had been "no rancour" in the decision to honour the original agreement and remove the video, and that everybody was keen for it be reinstated. |
"The day we took the video down we started to work again to get permission to get it re-posted," he said. | "The day we took the video down we started to work again to get permission to get it re-posted," he said. |
"It wasn't anyone's ill-will or jealousy that kept this version of Oddity off YouTube. It was merely the natural consequence of due process." | |
He explained some of the legal complexities behind the arrangement. | He explained some of the legal complexities behind the arrangement. |
"The Space Station was built by 15 countries, and depending on where I floated while singing and playing, whose copyright laws applied? Which Space Agency owned the recording? Whose jurisdiction was I in?" | "The Space Station was built by 15 countries, and depending on where I floated while singing and playing, whose copyright laws applied? Which Space Agency owned the recording? Whose jurisdiction was I in?" |
David Bowie himself described Cdr Hadfield's cover as "possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created". | David Bowie himself described Cdr Hadfield's cover as "possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created". |
This undoubtedly helped negotiations, Cdr Hadfield suggested. | This undoubtedly helped negotiations, Cdr Hadfield suggested. |
"As a result... the recent reapplication of the legal process has been fairly straightforward," he added. | "As a result... the recent reapplication of the legal process has been fairly straightforward," he added. |
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