That's an insanely convoluted and backwards way to do business. Get out of there. Move to Blip, or rent server space from a hosting provider. With all the video hosting services out there, they should be competing for your content by making it as easy as possible for you, not making you jump through ridiculous hoops for the honor and luxury of using them.
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1. It's not worth it to have to wonder WHETHER your next episode is > going to be accepted or rejected. Find another company with similar > functionality that you like and repost or move your materials there. > > Bill Cammack > http://BillCammack.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Roxanne Darling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Sheila - You are the best at sharing your experiences. I think this is > > overly extreme, and yes, very few would make it through their entire > > compliance process. > > We don't use Brightcove; this is a good reason not to. Not sure if > anyone > > from their company is on the list; maybe they are listening? > > > > Aloha, > > > > Rox > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast? < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I think Brightcove's response to your evidence is a sign to stop > using > > > them ... If their auditor can't accept the information from the music > > > publisher, then their audit process is flawed. Any artist with a > > > publisher lets the publisher handle licensing, and Brightcove should > > > know this. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 28 May 2008 12:03 pm, Sheila English wrote: > > > > I wanted to know if anyone else has had a similar experience with > > > > Brightcove or any other hosting site. > > > > > > > > A Brightcove rep contacted me to say they would be pulling down > one of > > > > my videos due to copyright infringement. > > > > Since I legally license or create everything I use, I knew there > was a > > > > mistake. > > > > > > > > He said that Brightcove now hires a third party auditor to > review user > > > > content for copyright violations and terms of service violations. > > > > Their third party auditor identified the music in my video as > > > > copyrighted material. I had 5 days to respond. > > > > > > > > I responded by sending my official license for the copyright of the > > > > song, which I paid for and the receipt for. > > > > > > > > They said they couldn't take my receipt or the copy of the license > > > > given to me when I purchased the license for the use of the > song. So I > > > > had to involve the company I purchased the music from. That company > > > > went through the trouble of verifying the license to Brightcove. > > > > > > > > Then Brightcove said that's not good enough. Now I have to have the > > > > copyright holder, the person who created the music, contact > them. And, > > > > that person had to use the official Brightcove paperwork, fill > it out, > > > > send it in, or my video would be taken down. > > > > > > > > I don't know about any of you, but hunting down the musician, > getting > > > > him/her/them to fill out an official form for you and submit it > seems > > > > a bit overkill to me. I understand the copyright issue. I do. But, > > > > what other difficulties will this kind of strict auditing and > process > > > > cause content creators? Next will it be my stock footage and I'll > > > > have to find the camera operator? > > > > > > > > Do you see this as the future of creating original content? Because > > > > this makes it terribly hard on the individuals or small > companies. Or > > > > maybe I'm just a big whiny, baby and everyone else deals with > this as > > > > a standard part of doing business? > > > > > > > > Sheila > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian Richardson > > > - http://whatthecast.com > > > - http://siliconchef.com > > > - http://dragoncontv.com > > > - http://www.3chip.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Roxanne Darling > > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > > Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more > > http://reef.beachwalks.tv > > 808-384-5554 > > Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv > > Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > > Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
