Although I could be wrong about the professional aspect and it is better/legally necessary to keep such discussions private, I suppose, like Scoble said. Its just frustrating to be presented with one side of a story and not to be able to find out if its being sorted amicably or the devilish details.
The thing about losing a ton of money on the vloggies definately winds me up. Surely the event itself wasnt supposed to create cash. Surely the reasons for putting money into it are part of business plans, the money spent in the name of publicity. The same reason seagate would pay you to advertise with you, or give away freebies for a competition. The business of podtech is to sell an audience to advertisers, at the end of the day, and so I dont buy into any arguments that its doing a great service for vloggers out of the goodness of its own heart. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heh maybe not Curry in this case, as he's the one who took a magazine > to court for using a creative commons-licensed photo of his without > permission. > > I am totally amazed podtech havent attempted to present their case, or > a part of it, in public. Really crappy and unprofessional, I dont know > what excuse you have, but going on about how much good you do for > vloggers is no defense, its wound me up the wrong way (easily done, it > has to be said). > > Shame, shame, and how come you guys dont seem to have any? > > Steve Elbows > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Rice" <eric@> wrote: > > > > > > I expect this kinda of nonsense from the Adam Curry/Podshow crowd, not > > from Podtech. > > > > Creative Commons licenses MUST be enforced. There is no 'wellllll, yes > > but...' about it. > > > > ER > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "schlomo rabinowitz" > > <schlomo@> wrote: > > > > > > 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 <robertscoble@> 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: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: > > > > videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>] > > > > On Behalf Of Lan Bui > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:31 AM > > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <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 videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> , "Michael Verdi" > > > > <michaelverdi@> 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] > > > > > >
