They are modifying my video and releasing it under a different license for profit and they are not giving me attribution. Seems pretty cut and dried to me.
Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://pawsitivevybe.com/vlog http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 4, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Enric wrote: > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Lucas Gonze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On 1/3/07, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Lucas Gonze" <lucas.gonze@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > This is a link being fetched on the client side, not a copy > on the > > > > server side, so it's not a copyright issue. > > > > > > I see what you mean. They're pulling to the FLV file from > blip.tv and > > > supimposing in flash they're own material on top. Regardless of > the > > > method, the presentation and action is breaking the CC non- > commercial > > > license. They are presenting through their flash player a video > that > > > they are not licensed to present. Their flash player is displaying > > > frames of video without the rights to do that. Media (bytes) that > > > they don't have a right to is being pulled through their player > which > > > resides on the client side. > > > > Firefox is licensed to present any material. Neither is Internet > > Explorer. The player doesn't need rights here. > > > > I think there's a clear difference between the building the CBS > Jumbo-Tron is on and the CBS Jumbo-Tron. If the CBS Jumbo-Tron shows > video without license then it is the right of the one being infringed > to have that desist and request compensation. A custom flash player > written by online video company MyHeavy.com that overlays their logo, > display ads on top prior to rolling and such is clearly different to > any observer and the consumer from a browser. We can discuss the > technical differences through many messages. But this product is > obvious to any consumer, technical or not, as a commercial > presentation of a video. > > > And even if it did, so what? You have zero chance of controlling the > > behavior of all the third parties who can author an FLV player in > > Flash, while you definitely have the ability to force them to > respect > > your wishes using Referer headers. > > That puts the responsibility on the content creator to continually > hunt down infringers and put them on notice. There's no incentive to > stop future infringement. > > > > > It's like spam filtering. You could insist that spammers stop if you > > yell "STOP" loud enough, and you could even put your theory into > > practice by yelling until you ran out of breath, but you wouldn't > > achieve anything. Installing a spam filter would be a better idea. > > > > MyHeavy (and Veoh before them) are not spammers. They don't move to a > new server, zombie a computer and such to continue their work. They > are companies or individuals that will act professionaly if > incentivized. > > -- Enric > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
