Ok, ok, give me a few days. I'll write it up for you in a way that wont be offensive or defensive (I admit to being overly offensive and defensive at the same time).
Most of these kinds of criticisms stem from little to no research in the history of the weblog. Rocketboom is a quenisential videoblog. So are personal videoblogs. All of this is a very different format than TV. Stand by, I'll spell it out for you from at least one perspective and you will be able to see how we fit together instead of trying to tare us apart or say that it's something different. Most important to me in particular, in everything that is going on, is intent. That's why I would say Mobuzz, as a Rocketboom copycat, is shit because their intent is like a commercial factory in the elements they choose to emulate with. As long as Public Eye's intent is sincere, I hope they flourish and I am flattered that they are trying to emulate our setup. BTW, almost every blog on blogger or type-pad is just a clone of each other in this way as well, if thats how you stand to look at it. What you are seeing that has changed though is that we are doing what we want to do and our intent is very much like the intent of any weblogger who presents commentary on the the world. Plenty of ideas adopted from the old with plenty of ideas for the new. As for any counter behind the claim that we are able to do whatever we want, of course we can not do illegal activity. That's not relevant to what we can do that you can't do on TV. Relatively speaking, if its legal in the world, we can do that. TV has its own more narrow set of rules and requirements. On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:47 PM, Richard Bennett-Forrest wrote: >> I'm giving up on this argument, it seems that these days it is >> impossible to criticise RB, they can obviously do no wrong. >> > > You're not an exception to the rule Duncan. It's just that most > people with the same opinion just don't bother speaking out. > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital > divide today! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
