<human>: I'll start:

A few years ago, my email got "hacked". Or at least, I lost all access to it. My email was linked to my youtube channel, so I didn't have access to that either.

Anyway, on my channel is an animation of the sun rising behind the earth, seen from space. It's a pretty HD video that receives moderately decent view counts.

When I got access to my email back more than 6 months later (by simply applying my "lost account" form again) , I went ahead and accessed my Youtube account as well. When I went to check my private messages, I saw something interesting.

It was a message claiming to be from a rep of Top Gear. They said they wanted to get my permission to use my sunset video on the show. It made perfect sense, as the video would fit fine with other stock footage on Top Gear, but I was reasonably dubious.

I checked out the person who messaged me. The message itself didn't specifically indicate the person who sent it, but the username did. I checked a list of Top Gear credits, and the username matched perfectly the name of an assistant producer, or some such title.

So great opportunity right? Just reply back and say "sure", right?

Here's the kicker, the message was 5 months old when I got my account back, and it was obvious their's was a temporary account only to facilitate this one message. I tried messaging back hopelessly saying that YES, they could use my video on the show, but I got no reply. I still don't totally know if the message was real or not. I could have gotten the message on time if I had simply submitted my "Lost Account" form again after Google rejected it.

Can you condense the text into a few key points?
<bot>: My computer graphics work could possibly have been viewed by hundreds of millions of people on one of the world's most popular television shows, but I missed the message asking for permission to use it.