Japanese companies aim to quell YouTube viewers

Showing belated signs of their growing annoyance, Japanese TV stations are apparently taking steps to prevent their popular TV shows (including anime) from appearing on popular video streaming websites like YouTube. In an article on this very subject, MSNBC.com specifically names The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime exploded in Japan during spring 2006 and has become a “national phenomenon”) and it’s “2,000 related clips” as being a good example of this “problem”.