Sexy Video Generates Traffic for EU's YouTube Channel
Posted on July 3, 2007
The BBC reports that a video clip called Film lovers will love this! has given the European Commission's YouTube channel an unexpected traffic boost. The video is a compilation of sex scenes from European cinema. The video clip has generated some controversy from those objecting to the video's sexual content.
But while videos on the CAP and road safety are barely getting touched, a clip of sex scenes from European cinema has become a runaway success.The sexy video clip has 283,770 views. Not surprisingly most of the EU's other vidoes like Securing Energy and Receiving a call abroad have less than 1,000 views on YouTube. However, there are a couple EU videos with over 30,000 views like this video about ECHO, the humanitarian aid department of the EU.Titled Film Lovers Will Love This!, it shows men and women having sex in different ways and places, and ends with the words, "Let's come together."
Supporters say it celebrates European cinema, but others term it "soft porn".
British Conservative MEP Chris Heaton-Harris told BBC News the European Commission was wasting taxpayers' money.
"They do have an image problem but I think cobbling together 44 seconds of soft porn on the internet is not a brilliant way of solving it," he added.