That really sucks man. I think the stuff we're working on with MySpace ties in directly with situations like this -- site proclaming to be open and community based, but are just fronts for corporate interests.
And if you cross one of their arbitrary lines set fourth in their constantly evolving Terms of Use they can cancel you, or filter you out. I think that's the next fight -- establishing what is public space and who "owns" it and what users rights are in this new user generated reality. -Kent, askaninja.com --- In [email protected], "Gary Rosenzweig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to log on to our YouTube account today and got the message "Your > account has now been permanently disabled." > > It was our Daily Vlog account, which is a 5-minute-per-day vlog from the > office. Pure vlog -- just us talking about various topics. Couldn't possibly > be anything there they want to shut down, we don't even deal with sensitive > issues. Usually we talk about our lives, or what's going on in entertainment > or tech. And there certainly can't be any intellectual property issues, > unless someone patented "having a conversation on a sofa" and I am not aware > of it. > > You can see for yourself what the daily vlog is about by checking it out at > http://thedailyvlog.com. You can see there is no reason why YouTube would > want it removed. > > Anyone else had this happen to them? I'm certainly glad we don't rely on > their as our main means of distribution. In fact, I may pull down our other > accounts. No point building an audience there just to have them carelessly > destroy it. > -- > Gary Rosenzweig > CleverMedia TV > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
