Unauthorized live feeds of the state Game Commission's bald eagle cam ruffled feathers this week, and officials changed the access code to stop people from profitting off its wildlife feature.

Game Commission spokesman Travis Lau said he didn't have a count of how many websites had tapped into the feed to show it on their websites instead of directing all traffic to the official Game Commission.

Most of the websites belonged to newspapers and other news agencies, and most weren't of concern, Lau said. But Game Commission officials were disappointed by some unauthorized feeds that had forced the viewer to watch car dealership commercials before loading the camera feed from the bald eagle's nest near in Codorus State Park.

"Those concerns played largely in us wanting to bring the traffic back to the Game Commission," he said. "If people come to our website and view the eagle cam there, there's no financial gain to us ... and the Game Commission site shows all of our educational information about bald eagles."

Numerous unauthorized feeds went black Thursday.

The York Dispatch's feeds, which did not contain advertisements, were among the blocked. An image of the viewer now directs viewers to the Game Commission's site.

The eagles became an Internet sensation after the commission launched the feed, by which viewers have angsted over the egg-sitting mother and father through the bitter winter weather and snow storms.

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