Well, of course, it worked with that link, but it won't do in every case. Like in this example:
http://www.spiegel.de/videoplayer/0,6298,14743,00.html
You may try to copy and paste whole html-designs, e.g.:
But doesn't work with every source / design...
What Hunter was aiming at - to give the url another appearance so community-server software can cope with it:
Auction-Video from spiegel.de / Reuters
which is done like that:
[_url=http://www.spiegel.de/videoplayer/0,6298,14743,00.html]Auction-Video from spiegel.de / Reuters[_/url]
{without the underscores...}
You will also see how it is done, if you quote this post ! (I mean, just as a test quote, which you do not post... )