On Nov 11, 2007, at 2:28 AM, gerrytshow wrote: > I was wondering if another knew for sure which of these website listed > below would allow you to retain all rights, titles and interests, > including without limitation all worldwide intellectual property > rights, in and to Your Video Content that is submitted, posted or > displayed by You on or through the _XYZ_ and _XYZ___shall not acquire > any rights, titles or interest in or to such Video Content. > > Google Video, MetaCafe, MySpace, AOL, Yahoo!, Revver, YouTube, > Brightcove and any others you may think of. Thanks in advance for > your help. I really appreciate it.
I'd have to say none (even archive.org). While any particular site may be more content creator rights friendly than another, generally there are always a few limitations placed on the submitter and the hosting services do acquire certain rights. Except for Brightcove, each of the services you state that you retain ownership and all rights. But by accepting any TOS you grant the hosting company (and their successors) a perpetual and irrevocable license and allows them to use the content in lots of ways. For example, a hosting company may decide to use part of a video in a TV commercial or use for research. Or one company may merge with another and move your content (I heard a rumor that Google Video is moving all content to YouTube, can anyone confirm?) Also, these sites have the right to remove your content. This has been an issue for some people in this group. Some sites also impose use restrictions (e.g., non-commercial or age). Also content and site conduct rules may be imposed. BTW, I like blip.tv's current TOS as it also reminds you that you are making your content public and what that means. While a simple point, none of the other TOS agreements bother to mention this important point. That being said and the limitations understood, it seems like each of the sites you listed is pretty much the same rights-wise (except Brightcove, their TOS is a little weak and mentions their respect for ownership, but never actually states that user owns content). Markus -- Markus Sandy http://apperceive.com http://ourmedia.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
