The Referer header is unreliable.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas Gonze > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy.com Disregarding > Vlogger CC Licenses > > This is a link being fetched on the client side, not a copy > on the server side, so it's not a copyright issue. > > Iff someone has a problem with something that they can easily > fix, they should do the fix. Anything else is willful. > > What you want video aggregators to do will break the web. > The web has a mechanism for doing what you want to do, which > is the Referer header. If you use the existing mechanisms, > you can achieve what you want and preserve the web at the same time. > > The alternative course that you are pursuing will not work > and will destroy the web. Using Referer headers will work > and will preserve the web. > > -Lucas > > On 1/3/07, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If someone breaks a copyright whether individual or corporation and > > seeks to profit by it, then it is the right for the > copyright holder > > to charge a value they want for their work. It is also a right to > > demand this not happen. Or to put on notice for a suit. > The person > > whose material is being violated should not be considered guilty. > > > > -- Enric > > > > --- In [email protected], "Lucas Gonze" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Their service is a Flash app which plays an arbitrary FLV file on > > any server. > > > > > > For example I can patch this URL of theirs for viewing Steve > > > Garfield stuff on blip: > > > > > > http://www.myheavy.com/video.php?video_url=http%3A//blip.tv/file/get/S > > > tevegarfield-BehindTheScenesJohnEdwardsYouTubeAndTheCampaignWebsite426 > > > .flv&video_title=Behind%20the%20Scenes%3A...&video_desc=&video_author_ > > > name=Blip%20TV&video_author_url=http%3A//blip.tv&video_thumb_url=http% > > > 3A//blip.tv/uploadedFiles/Stevegarfield-BehindTheScenesJohnEdwardsYouT > > ubeAndTheCampaignWebsite586.jpg > > > > > > To use this third party FLV instead: > > > > http://www.mediacollege.com/video-gallery/testclips/barsandtone.flv > > > > > > Giving this completely functional URL: > > > > > > http://www.myheavy.com/video.php?video_url=http://www.mediacollege.com > > > /video-gallery/testclips/barsandtone.flv&video_title=Behind%20the%20Sc > > > enes%3A...&video_desc=&video_author_name=Blip%20TV&video_author_url=ht > > > tp%3A//blip.tv&video_thumb_url=http%3A//blip.tv/uploadedFiles/Stevegar > > field-BehindTheScenesJohnEdwardsYouTubeAndTheCampaignWebsite586.jpg > > > > > > To make this problem go away 100% blip.tv just needs to > do a rewrite > > > rule to block myheavy.com. This will do the job without a crazy > > > lynch mob asking to extend the DMCA to be even more onerous and, > > > given the blip guys' chops, will take less than ten minutes. > > > > > > The sky is not falling. Really. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
