fair enough. keep it up! :) On 26 Jan 2007, at 17:21, Mike Hudack wrote:
I think that defaulting to opt-out would make our negotiations harder, and I also think that a good number of people who wouldn't object to syndication to, say, AOL, would never opt in simply because it takes effort to do so. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rupert > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 9:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in general > > Good work. Would it be fairer to all parties to require an > opt-in for every distribution service? A lot of people would > choose to opt- in, and it's not fair to assume that people > wouldn't know how, given the simplicity of the Blip > interface. Or would that just annoy the aggregators and make > your negotiations too hard? > > On 26 Jan 2007, at 10:18, Jan McLaughlin wrote: > > Thanks, Mike: Vlogosphere Secretary of State. > > Jan > > On 1/25/07, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I just wanted to give everyone an update on where we stand > with MyHeavy > and Magnify, since I've met with the CEOs > both companies in the last > three days. Both of the > meetings were for the same purpose -- they took > place > because people on this list complained about the way the > companies > were aggregating their videos. The meeting > agenda was simple: to work > with these companies to allow > them to meet their business goals without > infringing on > the copy or other rights of original content creators. > > > > Both meetings went well. MyHeavy removed aggregated video > content from > its site immediately after we spoke on the > phone. This was an easy > thing for them to do, since for > them aggregation is a feature of a > larger business. In the > case of Magnify it's much more difficult to do > this > because their entire business is based on aggregation. > > > > MyHeavy is planning to bring aggregation back, but to do > so in a way > that conforms with the best practices that > have been (I believe) largely > agreed upon and endorsed by > this group. Specifically, they will not > include > advertising in the playback experience without express > > permission from original content creators; they will not > watermark the > video; they will give credit by prominently > noting the original source > of the video in the form of a > link to the original content creator's Web > site; and they > will allow content creators to control aggregation > through > support for the MediaRSS restriction standard (whch will be > > controllable through a MyHeavy aggregation control panel in > the blip.tv > Dashboard). > > > > Magnify continues to aggregate blip.tv video to their > destination sites, > and they are currently including Google > AdSense advertisements on pages > that include video players > from other sources, including blip.tv. We > are currently > working with Magnify's CEO to determine how best to > > address this issue, since Magnify's entire business model is > based on > the ability to monetize aggregators through > advertising. Either way, > Magnify has agreed to support the > MediaRSS restriction standard in the > same way as MyHeavy > and others. You will be able to control aggregation > to > Magnify through a control panel in the blip.tv Dashboard. > Because of > > Magnify's current position on advertising we are > considering the > possibility of making the default position > for Magnify "opt-out" > rather > > than opt-in (unlike providers who adhere closely to all > points of the > best practices). Content creators who are > okay with player-adjacent > AdSense advertisements because > they want the extra traffic that Magnify > may generate will > easily be able to opt in. > > > > Please let me know if these are acceptable outcomes for > you, and we'll > proceed with implementation with both companies. > > > > ------- > > Mike Hudack > > CEO, blip.tv > > > > Office: 917-546-6989 > > AIM: mikehudack > > > > Read the blip.tv blog: http://blog.blip.tv/ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > The Faux Press - better than real > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
