I think we're in 100% agreement.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 12:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in general > > I'm having trouble following and contributing to this > discussion because the posts aren't showing up in any order I > can determine. > Seriously. Weird. > > Anyway, Mike, please don't feel it necessary to respond to my > earlier posts. You've explained that the opt-out/opt-in that > you're discussing is vis-a-vis blip and its dashboard and RSS > feeds and "partners." That's fine. Blip can inform its > users that certain "network partners" get our stuff on an > opt-out basis and that's part of the TOS explicit or implicit > when we use blip. I think Steve was right that there's some > cross-talk and I'm sorry if I contributed to it. I'm very > happy to deal with these other sites through the blip > dashboard and choose my options from there. I do want folks > to realize that sites pursuing an opt-out strategy outside > this kind of sandbox arrangement with blip or other services > we use is inappropriate. > > And, again, thanks for your advocacy. > > -David > > --- In [email protected], "Mike Hudack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > John, > > > > I'm going to reply to David directly in just a moment. I'd just > like to > > point out that my ability to discuss the particular case of Magnify > > right now is fairly limited since negotiations with Magnify are > ongoing > > and I don't want to jeopardize those conversations. It's kind of > like > > lawyers negotiating a settlement or heads of state trying to end a > > shooting war -- you don't want to make off-handed comments to the > press > > which may filter back into the negotiating room and change > opinions, > > offend people, or put people in difficult positions because of the > > public discussion of the issue which may put pressure on people and > > force their hands. > > > > Yours, > > > > Mike > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of johnleeke > > > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:26 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in > > > general > > > > > > It is fascinating to read between the lines and learn business > > > diplomacy from Mike. > > > > > > I agree with David, when it comes to the legality and morality of > > > the issue, "opt out" simply empowers the illegal and > immoral actions > > > of these secondary agrigators and distributors of our > content. They > > > want and take our content because it has a higher value that what > > > they have to pay for it. The fact that their business > model is based > > > on paying absolutely nothing for the content is the problem. > > > > > > "We cannot afford it" sounds pretty lame when they have million > > > dollar budgets. But even on lesser budgets what happened to the > > > "micro payment" idea? Wern't computers supposed to make "micro > > > payments" > > > practical? Why don't they set a policy of always paying, then pay > > > what they can negotiate with the content maker? Blip has > done it so > > > we know it is possible. If they cannot arrive at an > agreement with > > > the content makers, then they don't take the content. > > > > > > This seems pretty simple, and most of us learned it from > our Mommies > > > by the time we were ten: > > > > > > "If it doesn't belong to you, then don't take it." > > > > > > Every particle of the conflict in this issue arises out > of the fact > > > that it appears they think they can ignore this basic > tenant of our > > > morality-based society. > > > > > > I think the fact that they do, or do not, "show their faces" > > > in this discussion tells us a lot about their character and > intent. > > > > > > Mike and all, thanks for the good works and thoughtful > discussions. > > > > > > John > > > www.HistoricHomeWorks.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
