Well it can be difficult to find the right balance with such terms & conditions. Yours isnt he only service thats been talked about here for having 'perpetual' and other things in the t&c.
I mean you have to make the users grant you some rights or you wouldnt have the right to distribute their videos. But theres a number of things you could change that would probably help: Lose the 'perpetual' bit. Some services let users remove content from the site at any time in the future, and thus your right to distribute the content doesnt need to be perpetual, just as long as the user keeps it on the site. Consider changing the stuff about your right to use peoples videos to advertise your service. You'll get more goodwill from users if you pick the content you may want to use in future to advertise yourselves, and then ask the creators of those videos for permission. Maybe consider making your system compatible with the creative-commons way of doing things. You'll still get users without making any of these changes, but some people will be putoff. Cheers Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "esteban_k2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ted, > > Right now we don't make any revenue from you videos. This clause helps > us to avoid any user from coming back and sue us saying "HEY YOU OWE > ME $XXX". We are taking our terms down temporarily, and will have > counsel edit them to clarify that the model will change once we allow > users to share in advertising, and allow them to sell content through > youare.tv. > > But please be advised that we are not looking to rip our content > creators off. > > Thanks for the dialog... and if you have any content we'd love to see > it on the site one day ... :) > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ted Tagami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I didnt read the agreement in its entirety, but in the bottom half > of 'graph > > 5B the agreement reads: > > > > "For clarity, you shall retain all of your ownership rights in your User > > Submissions. However, by submitting the User Submissions to > YouAre.TV, you > > hereby grant YouAre.TV a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, > > royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicenseable and transferable > > license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, > display, > > perform and otherwise exploit the User Submissions in connection > with the > > YouAre.TV Website and YouAre.TV's (and its successor's) business, > including > > without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the > > YouAre.TV Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media > formats and > > through any media channels." > > > > (Emphasis mine) > > > > > > > > On 1/13/06, Andrew Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I didn't read the terms, but however philanthropic it may be, asking > > > people to sign away > > > perpetual rights to their content, especially without even having a > > > conversation, is about > > > as extreme as it gets in terms of "taking advantage" and it certainly > > > "feels" gross to even > > > think about. > > > > > > Is that really a term for using the service? > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ted Tagami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I should temper my last comments. I was too "knee jerk". Still I > > > strongly > > > > consider that you review what your objectives are with your current > > > terms of > > > > service. Being more transparent on how you expect to make a > profit from > > > > independently submitted content would help assuage any concerns. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > - Ted > > > > > > > > On 1/13/06, Ted Tagami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > a site built by attorneys and movie producers for attorneys > and movie > > > > > producers. > > > > > by signing up you are giving them a perpetual royalty free > license. > > > > > > > > > > http://youare.tv/terms.php > > > > > > > > > > On 1/13/06, robert a/k/a r <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone tried this one yet? > > > > > > <http://youare.tv/? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > r > > > > > > > > > > > > Deconstructing the status quo, collaboratively > > > > > > > > > > > > My Vlog: http://r.24x7.com > > > > > > A Good Deal: http://foo.24x7.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > YAHOO! 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