I wouldn't be surprised if Brightcove was using this as an excuse to get rid of a small content provider.
It seems as if their entire business model changed in late '07. How long have you been with Brightcove and would you consider yourself a 'small' content provider. Cheers, Ron Watson On May 28, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Roxanne Darling 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] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
