I've wondered if this happened much. I once wrote a user to say I had replaced their dead link with a slightly different video (it was a nina simone video that had the same sound, but different visuals), and he wrote back to say he liked it, but i was aware at the time that I didn't have to mention it to him, and I wondered how often things had been "fixed" the same way I got my cat fixed.

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If a mistake is made, the correct embed code should be sent to the original submitter to fix. If they are MIA, send it to an admin.

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I've done it before-some Simpsons clips are now Los Simpsones und Das Simpsons-I just had to kill a vid I fixed w/ the same artist, different song, then I read the old comments and had to kill it....it made dag look silly, commenting on something that was not there.....http://www.videosift.com/video/John-Belushi-feat-Joe-Cocker

I think the toughest part is not knowing exactly what the original was. As a general rule if the tumbnails match, you're probably good, and sometimes even if they don't it's still okay because someone may have put in titles causing the thumbnail to shift. If the VS submitter put the run time on the post, that helps verify the clip also. I'd say it should be 90% the same to be a good match.