Hi Brian I'm the guy who performed the mysql import/export of the AliveInBaghdad site from Drupal to Wordpress several months ago. We also emailed briefly when I notified you about a documentary that I saw that included AiB footage.
I'm also the technical lead at Ourmedia these days. First off, my apologies for any offense or harm. As Jay said, the intent is only to revlog the very best content, both on Ourmedia and throughout the Vlogosphere. I'll leave it to you and JD to work out the details about the interview post. Please be aware that these frontpage items do not appear in any of our feeds at this time. Thus it is my hope that we are not messing with your stats. All links do point to your media, the post and your site. One of the many tasks on my plate is to change the label on the link you mentioned. JD has asked me to change it to something more appropriate to revloging non-member media. I will take care of this ASAP. Again, apologies for any confusion this caused. I hope we can all work this out in a way that makes you feel like CC licensing works for you. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any help. With respect, Markus On Feb 17, 2007, at 7:50 PM, brian conley wrote: > Hey Videobloggers! > > I am running into some problems with a content aggregator, and I > could use your advice. We have been discussing these issues a lot > latelyand I have a new one, that is beginning to make me reconsider > my creative commons licensing and would love to know what you all > think. > > (I apologize in advance for the length of this email, but I believe > this is important to discuss thoroughly) > > This is a different issue than MyHeavy or the others who aggregate > without attribution and/or commercially exploit our work. > > This morning I discovered that the work of one of my projects, Alive > in Baghdad, had been posted on the front page of http://ourmedia.com. > (I have enclosed a screen capture for your reference.) Not only did > noone request the use of our work, or inform us of our inclusion on > this site, but OurMedia presents our work in a way that could be > significantly harmful to our project. > > At first glance, the presentation of our work on OurMedia suggests to > the average viewer that AIB has a political, anti-war stance and that > AIB is a part of OurMedia. In fact this could not be farther from the > truth, AiB takes pains to present a balanced view of life in Iraq, > that simply shows the experiences and feelings of Iraqis, without > adding a political tone. > > Basicallyin representing AIB, OurMedia selected a thumbnail of a > woman with a translated quote underneath that says May God Curse Bush > and all those that brought him here. Obviously, this is not a quote > that we would choose to have represent us. We worried about including > that segment at all and feared that, out of context, separate from our > other work, it could cause harm to the public face of the project, > bring flamers, etc. However, inside of the entire episode, we felt it > was acceptable and was reflective of the situation in Iraq. We care > deeply about building a project that gives voice to Iraqi citizensnot > towards pushing a political agenda. Such a posting can damage the > perceptions of Alive in Baghdad and our future opportunities. > > Additionally, OurMedia indicates that we are a member of their > organizationi.e. you'll notice to the right of the thumbnail, it > lists a link titled "member page" that links to AliveinBaghdad.org. > AiB is not, nor has it ever been, a member of Ourmedia. Given our > experience, we question whether they actually have 125,000 members.... > > OurMedia claims: > 1) We're a nonprofit, open-source, volunteer effort to support the > community...Ourmedia is for users, not just consumers. > > 2) Ourmedia also says at the top of their front page: Do NOT post > other artists' copyrighted works without permission. Ourmedia is about > showcasing your creativity! Register now > <http://www.ourmedia.org/user/register> ! > > Noone from OurMedia has contacted us in any mannerand we are not > members of their community. However, we are well known throughout the > "vlogosphere" and eminently approachable. And yet, they chose to post > our video in the most incendiary manner possible, without our > permission. > > If this is permissible under our creative commons license, we will > need to reconsider our licensing choices and how freely we allow the > distribution of our videos. It also makes us question the openness > supposedly present in the Videobloggers community. Id really > appreciate your thoughts and advice on this issue. > > Thanks, > Brian > > _,_._,___ --- Markus Sandy http://feeds.feedburner.com/havemoneywillvlog http://feeds.feedburner.com/apperceptions http://feeds.feedburner.com/digitaldojo http://feeds.feedburner.com/spinflow [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
