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# Blink 182 Rewards Fans Who Used Their Music Without Permission On YouTube
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/blink-182-rewards-fans-who-used-their-music-without-permission-on-youtube/
- Published: 2011-08-03T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-08-03T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: As part of a new marketing campaign with AT&T, Blink-182 created the "Film Festival You Didn't Know You Entered". "To launch our first single in eight years," explains the band,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/08/blink-182-rewards-fans-who-used-their-music-without-permission-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Marketing, YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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As part of a new marketing campaign with AT&T, **Blink-182** created the **"Film Festival You Didn't Know You Entered"**. "To launch our first single in eight years," explains the band, "AT&T helped us search YouTube for every instance of fans using our music without our permission. And then we rewarded them for it." They took those videos edited them into a three-minute clip below. "Thanks for being a fan." **WATCH THE VIDEO:**

**Here is a commercial that the Blink-182 made for the [AT&T campaign](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/blink-182-feeling-blue-new-partnership-att-133846?ref=hypebot.com) highlighting the new Facebook share button.**