[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman, 1938 Media, and blip.tv

[Bill Cammack]

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 The storm has reached blip.tv now.
 
 Yesterday, Loren Feldman, the author of a controversial video,
decided to use 
 blip as his host. A few hours later we received a letter warning us of 
 potential damage to our brand. I responded that speech should be
countered with 
 speech, not censorship. What do you think? Here's the e-mail exchange...
 
 http://tinyurl.com/2cjy4g

Clearly, there's a difference between being a host and being an employer.

On top of that, blip has an infinite number of shows that it has no
contract with as opposed to a grand total of 7 (now 6) digital
entertainment shows which have been selected and then PAID to carry a
company's brand name.

Regardless of freedom-of-speech issues, like you said, if blip didn't
accept the feed then any of the other platforms that already exist or
are in the works would have accepted it.  Even if they didn't, these
hosting platforms are merely luxury.  There's always the option to go
back to the old school and set up your server space and bandwidth
and serve your own videos to you own video blog.

Of course, I'm assuming that the show has some form of regular blip
status, like anyone else that can sign up for free and post videos, or
even the paid (meaning the show PAYS blip.tv for added functionality)
pro account.

--
billcammack
http://realfans.tv

[videoblogging] Re: Loren Feldman, 1938 Media, and blip.tv

[Bill Streeter]

Blip doesn't have to answer to anything he does as long as he didn't 
use your service to do something illegal or violate someone elses 
rights or violate anything else in your TOS. I would point the person 
to your TOS and aske them to point out specifically what terms his 
post might have violated. If the post isn't violating any of the TOS, 
then there really isn't anything you can do or should do about it. 

And yes I agree the best response to speech you find offensive is more 
speech--or in this case no speech, since obviously the whole point of 
what he's doing is to call attention to himself. The worst thing you 
can do to him is ignore him. I won't reward that kind of behavior by 
ingaging him in some kind of a conversation about it. 

Bill Streeter
LO-FI SAINT LOUIS
www.lofistl.com
www.billstreeter.net

--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Charles Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 The storm has reached blip.tv now.
 
 Yesterday, Loren Feldman, the author of a controversial video, 
decided to use 
 blip as his host. A few hours later we received a letter warning us 
of 
 potential damage to our brand. I responded that speech should be 
countered with 
 speech, not censorship. What do you think? Here's the e-mail 
exchange...
 
 http://tinyurl.com/2cjy4g