--- In [email protected], andrew michael baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Veoh is making money off of your advertisement? Thats kinda weird. >
Money from investors. > > YouTube does it. Google does it. Yahoo does it. > Just because 100 people jump off a bridge doesnt make it a good idea. Just because the majority of people that drive speed, doesnt make it legal. > > I think you have a case and the laws support you on this. But I find > it a bit sad because it all comes down to intent and your intent is > to advertise a message and I feel like you are just shooting yourself > in the foot for not being able to adapt to your environment, thick or > thin. > My intent is for them not to steal from me. For them not to use my work without permission. How is protecting my rights sad? How is wanting control over my work sad? *I* am the one that did the work for those videos. Not them. Why should they benefit when I am the one that put in the time into creating the work? > Right now you are all steamed and pissed off and considering wasting > a lot of time and money on legal action and when the judge asks you > what you lost from this, what are you going to say? You lost people > who would have never found you? > This is not so much about traffic to my site as it my rights. Sometimes, one has to make a stand. If I spend money and it helps others down the road from being taken advantage of, then I am doing the right thing. I used to paint for a living. No. Not houses. I know a couple artists that had their paintings reproduced as prints and sold without their knowledge or approval. When they went to court over the matter, the judge didnt look to fondly on the printmakers. It wasnt the money the artists were after. It was protecting their work. Sure, I could lay down and have some website with venture capital kick the shit out of me and just say, "Oh well. That's the way it is". Or, I could say that it is not right to treat me this way and that they are not allowed to steal from me. This is a rights issue. I am choosing the latter as my rights have been violated. David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com 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/
