I agree with this. The answer cannot be, "we allow people to opt out."
The answer must be, "we only host videos that users have uploaded or have opted in for us to pull, trancode, and redistribute." If there has not been an "opt in" action on behalf of the content owner, then answer must be to remove any and all videos from the Veoh service. What Veoh is doing is very different from a web service built upon links such as FireAnt.tv, MeFeedia, Webjay, and others that merely link to external resources with attribution. Veoh is taking and rehosting content without permission or notice. This makes it seem as though they have more users (and more people who agree to their terms of use) than they actually have. Becoming a user of a service must always be "opt in." -Josh On 4/8/06, Peter Van Dijck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is an acceptable response from Veoh? I'm throwing this out for > comments here. > > Here's one I personally could live with: this kind of "re-hosting" > should be opt-in. > > That would mean that: > 1) They remove ALL videos they've spidered and rehosted from their site. > 2) They only keep the ones for feeds that the feed owners have claimed > and where the feed owners have given permission for them to "re-host". > > For me, that makes sense. I don't think Veoh is "evil", I judge > companies by their actions. And this action would tell me: "We > understand why this was wrong, and we're fixing it for real." > > Comments? > > Peter > -- > http://mefeedia.com > > On 4/8/06, Andreas Haugstrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 02:12:39 +0200, John Dowdell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Little green tickets of money are one way to be selfish. Being the > > > center of attention is another way to be selfish. There are incentives > > > for Slashdot and Digg, just as for any "commercial" entity. > > > > > > You're still not respecting the rights of creators. If someone rips off > > > your website, blog, search history, financial data, does it matter if > > > they get something other than little green tickets in return? > > > > Legally, yes. > > > > -- > > Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen > > <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > > > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > 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/
