On 4/9/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (a) Yes or no (and only yes or no), have any persons who work for Veoh > > or with Veoh (for pay or not) manually input RSS feeds into the system? > > I don't see why this question would matter. People manually input RSS > feeds into any aggregator site or feed directory such as FireAnt, > MeFeedia, Vlogdir, others... what's wrong with that? The issue has > more to do with what Veoh is doing with videos in RSS syndication > rather than how they acquired the feeds.
Yes, I agree. I put in feeds in Mefeedia now and then myself, if I happen accross one I find interesting and that's not in there yet. :) That's not the problem here. It's the re-hosting and the lack of attribution. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com > > I'd imagine they did a few things to get the feeds... find various > OPML files distributed by MeFeedia, Vlogdir, FireAnt and other sites > and do a batch import. Utilize their Veoh client install base (which > can act as an aggregator of RSS feeds) and capture the RSS feed URL > each time a user subscribes to a feed using the Veoh client. I see > nothing wrong with either of these practices and the question is very > much beside the point of the conversation here. > > -Josh > > > On 4/9/06, robert a/k/a r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks guys, good points. I'll add one more. Unauthorised copying, > > particularly on a gross basis, creates a negative for videoblogging, it > > could look to others as if ripping-off content is condoned in and by > > the community. Videobloggers, IMHO, don't need this kind of fscked-up > > message being broadcast in conjunction with our work. > > > > Let's give Dmitry another opportunity to demonstrate he's the "good > > guy" by answering TODAY the questions of the group. > > > > Dmitry, If you decide to not dodge the question again, please respond > > to the group here: > > > > (a) Yes or no (and only yes or no), have any persons who work for Veoh > > or with Veoh (for pay or not) manually input RSS feeds into the system? > > > > (b) Given the business you have chosen to be in and the expertise > > required to finance and operate such a business in a regulated > > environment and you and your board's awareness of copyright regulation, > > under what exclusion did you believe you were operating when you copied > > the works of others without authorisation, modified them and otherwise > > ignored the licenses (please identify the exclusion by quoting the > > specific paragraph from the US regulations for all here to read, please > > omit and other language such as job offers and promises of more > > appropriate behaviour in the future)? > > > > > > > > On Apr 9, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Devlon wrote: > > > > > On 4/9/06, Charles HOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> How the feeds got there is one of the issues. > > >> > > >> Dmitri could have said yes, we spider, and we apologize. But > > >> instead he > > >> told us directly that Veoh doesn't spider, and that each of his 1600 > > >> feeds > > >> were entered manually. (!) > > > > > > I think that might be one reason that people are still pretty upset > > > about this. There is no admitting of the obvious guilt. > > > > > > > > > > > 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/