I agree with you. That is why I post some content to YouTube, hoping to draw people to my site. And being 'visible' is a good thing. I am going to be putting a clear logo throughout my videos from now on, so at least others will see where it is from and hopefully visit me.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Davis Freeberg <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I think that one of the things that you have to consider when it comes to > MegaVideo, is the incentives structure they use to get people to post. Since > they can't actually upload the files themselves without violating their safe > harbor, they pay "contributors" part of the ad money to upload popular > content. I suppose, some might get worked up over it, but my philosophy is > that if you can't beat them join them. The site itself is getting huge > traction, probably close to 25 million unique visitors each month by now. > One can ignore that audience or accept the spammy ads and the questionable > business model of the site but be able to at least control your submissions. > If you post your own content, other people won't be able to scrape it and > submit duplicates. In the long run it's probably better to build an audience > around the site, then to try in vain to stop them. > > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > sjs Productions <sjsproduct...@...> wrote: > > > > Thanks Jay for you input. Sorry I didn't remember the discussion from a > > few years ago. The url is now internal to megavideo, and it looks like > > someone might have done a screen capture and then flashed it again. I > don't > > mind that someone puts my video on a website, but this guy took off my > > information and is now monetizing it. That I do mind. > > I will watermark my videos more carefully in the future. Do you have any > > favorites for online video storage where you maintain sole copyright? I > > don't care if you have to pay, just do not want to share copyright and > > need to have control over who sees the videos. > > > > Thanks again for your help > > Susan > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Jay dedman <jay.ded...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All,I just saw one of my video podcasts on megavideo. > > > > http://www.megavideo.com I don't mind that they show it. However, > they > > > > have added ads in front of it, and cut off the ending of my video so > that > > > my > > > > website is not promoted. > > > > Is this legal? Has anyone else had this issue > > > > > > We spoke of these issues a couple years ago when spammy video sites > > > started popping up reuploading videos and inserting ads. > > > You can try emailing them asking for a takedown, but its doubtful > > > anyone would respond. I could be wrong. > > > > > > What the exact URL to see how they're doing it? > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > > http://ryanishungry.com > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
