Richard, Thanks! The MyHeavy and Magnify control panels aren't there yet, but will be soon.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard > (Show) Hall > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in general > > Mike, > > As others have said, your work is very much appreciated. > > Besides the fact, that you are making an effort to encourage > services to respond to the content creator's wishes, I also > really appreciate the fact that you make it easy - you > encourage - syndication to all sorts of OTHER video sites, > besides blip - you facilitate the widest distribution you can > to other (open) sites. The exact opposite of the > walled-garden approach, such as the youtube approach. > > One minor question, about your post below. > > I don't see anything on my blip dash board about opt in/out > to myheavy or magnify. > > Did you mean these will be available in the future, or am I > missing anything? > > ... Richard > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > -- > Richard > http://richardhhall.org > Shows > http://richardshow.org > http://inspiredhealing.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
