Canon FAIL: Laforet's video has been removed

One has to wonder in which century (or planet) some of the camera company executives spend most of their time on. Vincent Laforet's new video "Nocturne" generated a lot of excitement last night when it come out at the same time as the 1D Mark IV announcement.

But today, for an undisclosed reason, Canon "requested" the removal of the video and both Vincent Laforet and Smugmug "obliged out of courtesy".

But the video has taken a life of its own at a meta-level:
+ Behind the Scenes of the photo-shoot by Laforet
+ there is no paradigm shift says the Photo Shelter blog
+ Chris Weeks opines ...on the whole situation with his ...unique style. i read...
+ Foveonesque Carl Rytterfalk opines on D3s vs 1D Mk IV video and unlike the Chevelle song, the RED is not here!
+ Canon's super-faux-guru Fake-Chuck-Westfall "explains" why the video was removed
+ John Harrington chimes in on the Canon situation [New!]