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Todd Mueller · 06-22-2020, 01:26 PM

I went to watch an episode of UM today on Amazon Prime and it said "Buy this episode for $0.99. I thought that was odd and maybe my account was logged out, but I was still logged in. I checked and other shows were working normal.

I just went on Amazon chat and asked, and I was told, "It looks like the licensing agreement for that show has changed so now it is "paid" content."

I didn't see an announcement anywhere that was leaving Amazon. I know there are other places to watch it, but I really liked being able to watch on Amazon. Is anyone else seeing this or is this just me? I searched online but found nothing.

alistaircranium · 06-22-2020, 01:30 PM

The whole series is free to watch on the official Unsolved Mysteries YouTube channel.

Todd Mueller · 06-22-2020, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by alistaircranium

The whole series is free to watch on the official Unsolved Mysteries YouTube channel.

Thanks -- I know it is available to watch other places. My point is that it seems to have been dropped from Prime without any kind of notice.

I wonder if that was just a mistake or if there is something cooking because of the new episodes coming to Netflix in July.

TheCars1986 · 06-22-2020, 02:12 PM

It's working for me on Prime, but it shows up like I have to buy it. It's letting me watch them on Prime.

Jon · 06-22-2020, 04:05 PM

I show that only seasons 5,8,10,11,& 12 are available to me to watch as a prime member. The other seasons have to be bought either as a season, or per episode.

dynoguy88 · 06-22-2020, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by alistaircranium

The whole series is free to watch on the official Unsolved Mysteries YouTube channel.

It still amazes me that we battled Cosgrove & Mauer for a decade to get segments up on YouTube only for them to always report copyright violation and get our accounts deleted. Eventually some of us started secret accounts and used different tags to throw them off track but they'd always eventually discover them and get us deleted yet again.

Now there's an official Unsolved Mysteries YouTube channel.

omegadoom · 06-23-2020, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dynoguy88

It still amazes me that we battled Cosgrove & Mauer for a decade to get segments up on YouTube only for them to always report copyright violation and get our accounts deleted. Eventually some of us started secret accounts and used different tags to throw them off track but they'd always eventually discover them and get us deleted yet again.

Now there's an official Unsolved Mysteries YouTube channel.

Been there, done that.

isotope · 06-23-2020, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by dynoguy88

It still amazes me that we battled Cosgrove & Mauer for a decade to get segments up on YouTube only for them to always report copyright violation and get our accounts deleted.

When it was on Prime, that was fair enough. If there had been episodes for sale in iTunes, that would have been fair enough. But for all those years when there was literally no other way to watch it , it was absolutely infuriating

James T · 06-23-2020, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by isotope

When it was on Prime, that was fair enough. If there had been episodes for sale in iTunes, that would have been fair enough. But for all those years when there was literally no other way to watch it , it was absolutely infuriating

Don't get why these companies/people work so hard getting stuff taken down when they have no interest in providing it-WWE legal spend half their lives running around getting stuff taken down that is sitting in their vault waiting to be uploaded to the Network & people are begging them to do so-but they never bother. As said the entire series has been uploaded free onto YT by Filmrise ages ago for free-it makes no sense.

hostedbyrobertstack · 06-23-2020, 06:10 AM

I just went to play this this morning and noticed ads for actual products, so I was very confused. Thinking Amazon now started playing ads, I looked into it a bit more. Now at the bottom of the seasons, it says "Included with your IMDB channel subscription." So, it's still free, just has ads. You just need to download the IMDB channel on amazon, it's free to watch, just has ads.

coatjones · 06-23-2020, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by hostedbyrobertstack

I just went to play this this morning and noticed ads for actual products, so I was very confused. Thinking Amazon now started playing ads, I looked into it a bit more. Now at the bottom of the seasons, it says "Included with your IMDB channel subscription." So, it's still free, just has ads. You just need to download the IMDB channel on amazon, it's free to watch, just has ads.

This is what I came here to say. Usually you get a 20 second ad for Jack Ryan at the beginning, but now you have that seconds counter in the corner and they can be upward of 70 seconds. I also see that mention of IMDB, so not sure what that is.

coatjones · 06-23-2020, 01:59 PM

According to the UM Facebook page, it was taken off Amazon Prime today for a "technical issue."

Todd Mueller · 06-23-2020, 02:03 PM

It is working again for me! The guy at Amazon must have had bad info... But now there are commercials. WTH???

Hawkee · 06-24-2020, 02:54 AM

Hello Todd,
Are you checking the correct version of Unsolved Mysteries Season 1? Because if you are searching for Unsolved Mysteries Season 1 on Amazon Prime there are two versions and one version will say buy and the other version will have a white Prime banner indicating it is free. I decided to look it up myself to help you this morning and that's all I discovered
Hope this advice helps you Todd,
Bestie

infinityluxe · 06-25-2020, 03:07 AM

I am highly pissed because I go to bed to UM on Prime every night. I was shocked when I went to watch it and it is now hosted by IMDB with commercials. I should have copped those amzn webrips when I had the chance I took for granted Prime would have it for a while.

Prime has been very fickle lately. A lot of older movies I enjoy that were included with prime have been either removed or now they want you to pay. These movies are 30 year old made for tv films. Amzn seems to have gotten quite greedy during this pandemic. I pay for ID channel add on and they added a ton of shows and I thought oh great. I go to watch them and they want you to pay on top of the ID add on. I am really starting to dislike Prime. I could watch on Youtube but I preferred Prime.

06-22-2020, 01:26 PM	#1
Todd Mueller Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,626	No more UM on Amazon Prime I went to watch an episode of UM today on Amazon Prime and it said "Buy this episode for $0.99. I thought that was odd and maybe my account was logged out, but I was still logged in. I checked and other shows were working normal. I just went on Amazon chat and asked, and I was told, "It looks like the licensing agreement for that show has changed so now it is "paid" content." I didn't see an announcement anywhere that was leaving Amazon. I know there are other places to watch it, but I really liked being able to watch on Amazon. Is anyone else seeing this or is this just me? I searched online but found nothing.

06-23-2020, 02:03 PM	#13
Todd Mueller Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,626	It is working again for me! The guy at Amazon must have had bad info... But now there are commercials. WTH???
	Last edited by Todd Mueller; 06-25-2020 at 10:21 AM.

06-24-2020, 02:54 AM	#14
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,782	Hello Todd, Are you checking the correct version of Unsolved Mysteries Season 1? Because if you are searching for Unsolved Mysteries Season 1 on Amazon Prime there are two versions and one version will say buy and the other version will have a white Prime banner indicating it is free. I decided to look it up myself to help you this morning and that's all I discovered Hope this advice helps you Todd, Bestie
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06-22-2020, 01:30 PM	#2
alistaircranium Banned Banned!! Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 10, 2015 Posts: 503	The whole series is free to watch on the official Unsolved Mysteries YouTube channel.

06-22-2020, 02:12 PM	#4
TheCars1986 #VLSKMS Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 22, 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,606	It's working for me on Prime, but it shows up like I have to buy it. It's letting me watch them on Prime.

06-22-2020, 04:05 PM	#5
Jon Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 22, 2011 Location: TX Posts: 926	I show that only seasons 5,8,10,11,& 12 are available to me to watch as a prime member. The other seasons have to be bought either as a season, or per episode.

06-23-2020, 06:10 AM	#10
hostedbyrobertstack Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 23, 2007 Location: OH Posts: 436	I just went to play this this morning and noticed ads for actual products, so I was very confused. Thinking Amazon now started playing ads, I looked into it a bit more. Now at the bottom of the seasons, it says "Included with your IMDB channel subscription." So, it's still free, just has ads. You just need to download the IMDB channel on amazon, it's free to watch, just has ads.

06-23-2020, 01:59 PM	#12
coatjones Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 17, 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 46	According to the UM Facebook page, it was taken off Amazon Prime today for a "technical issue."

06-25-2020, 03:07 AM	#15
infinityluxe Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 31, 2020 Posts: 274	I am highly pissed because I go to bed to UM on Prime every night. I was shocked when I went to watch it and it is now hosted by IMDB with commercials. I should have copped those amzn webrips when I had the chance I took for granted Prime would have it for a while. Prime has been very fickle lately. A lot of older movies I enjoy that were included with prime have been either removed or now they want you to pay. These movies are 30 year old made for tv films. Amzn seems to have gotten quite greedy during this pandemic. I pay for ID channel add on and they added a ton of shows and I thought oh great. I go to watch them and they want you to pay on top of the ID add on. I am really starting to dislike Prime. I could watch on Youtube but I preferred Prime.