Apparently the folks at the 'merican side of the German-American hybrid were pretty upset we liberated those "gag" commercials from the bureaucracy of Auburn Hills a while back. They've gone so far as to head on over to YouTube like a petulant child asking them "Mommy, make Jalopnik stop running leaks they get from the Tech Center!" and just like that YouTube's gone and slapped us with a little DMCA violation for the content — and poof, the funny little ads that have done more to help make the 'merican side look like a spunky li'l automaker willing to take chances than anything real they've done in years, they're gone. Why do we somehow think "Mean" Joe Eberhardt had something to do with this? Curse you Joe, curse you and your stuck-in-the-mud ways. Hey, but that's ok — someone else has gone and uploaded both vids for us. Thank you, whoever you are, JalopnikHeartsJoe! Full attempted censorship DMCA violation complaint after the jump.
Dear Member:
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by DaimlerChrysler claiming that this material is infringing:
Folgers Switch - Jeep Commander - GAG VERSION!:
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