Oh my, Robert, you are not guilting this list with this are you? It's a business; if you didnt see some sort of value in paying these content providers, you guys wouldn't pay them! Don't turn it into altruism. Same with the Vloggies; if there wasn't some buzz for Podtech created around the Vloggies, you guys wouldn't have done it. The fact that you folks "lost a ton of money" is probably from bad planning and budgeting more than anything else.
I like you Robert, but your point here just hit me the wrong way. It's smarmy and misguided. Do you blame Lan that Podtech burned through millions of dollars? Should we blame him for the Middle East conflict as well? You know how these things play out: Someone at Podtech screwed up with using the photo without permission, so company should pay for it somehow. Call it the "Oops, I Screwed Up Tax". You either pay in the court of Public Opinion, or you just quietly pay Lan his due. At the end of the day, it's typical business! You know that. Schlomo http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://weknowhow.tv http://winkshow.com http://hatfactory.net On 6/28/07, Robert Scoble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In our defense, we're paying tons of content providers all over the world > and we lost a TON of money on Vloggies. We invested in the community and > now > are negotiating with you. > > Robert > > From: [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: > [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of Lan Bui > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:31 AM > To: [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Hey PodTech - What's up with Lan's image? > > I am trying to be patient. > > Maybe while I wait for them I can read Naked Conversations, the back > cover alone has very interesting ideas on it. > > -Lan > www.LanBui.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> , "Michael Verdi" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Any word on this yet? > > > > I'd love to hear PodTech say, "yes, we made a mistake and are working > > on fixing it" or "we didn't do anything wrong and here's why" or > > something at all. They've been pretty quiet about the whole thing. > > Which seems odd as I look up from what I'm typing and notice my copy > > of Naked Conversations on the bookshelf not 12 inches away. > > > > - Verdi > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
