you need to be a phenom or a spammer. else, you're a dreamer.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Jay dedman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Recently a fellow filmmaker contacted me about 5min.com. He had concerns > about them putting his videos on other sites like Bukisa.com and Watchdoit, > something that wasn't discussed when he gave permission for 5min's to use > his vids. > > There are only two sites that I would recommend to video producers with > regard to ad revenue. Youtube and blinkx. Other sites (like blip.tv) > despite > running ads in my videos, have never returned one cent! > > As an Australian, dealing with these online video sites (based in > locations as diverse as Israel and the US) what legal recourse to I >have > to > checking a video sites accounting practices, and withdrawing my content? > > These are good questions. I imagine it's all about reputation. Since this > practice of ad revenue/sharing on videos is relatively new, I imagine that > people will start talking as they experience each service. Like you're > doing > now. Shady services will wither quickly. > > We was just recently invited by Youtube to put ads on some of our videos (I > guess your video must hit a certain viewer threshold first). As an > experiment, we went through the process. Funny enough, they sent us an > email > saying we had to prove we owned the video/audio....wanting us to fax signed > releases. So by accepting their offer for ads, we've put our videos > existence in jeopardy. > > Because we haven't been able to confirm that you have the necessary > rights, including publicity rights, to commercially use all the video > material and music, we ask that you provide written documentation > substantiating your claim. Please email us or fax us this information at > 650-362-9648. > > The document should either be a written contract between yourself and the > rights owner, or a letter from the rights owner stating that you are > permitted to use their content commercially. Please provide a signature > along with contact information for the rights owner. A faxed hard copy of > the document is preferable, but you may also email us the information with > an electronic signature attached. We ask that the document also includes > the url for the video(s) and your channel name. > > Please note that we reserve the right to make the final determination on > whether to enable revenue sharing for a video. You must also respond > within 7 business days of receiving this letter, or the video may be > removed from the YouTube site. > > If you need more time to acquire the proper documents, you may consider > disabling revenue sharing yourself. For instructions on disabling revenue > sharing on a video, please visit our Help Center article at > http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=94522. > > Please note that disabling revenue sharing will NOT remove your video from > the YouTube site. > > Sincerely, > > Olga > The YouTube Team > > We emailed back that we shot the video and used CC-licensed music (which is > listed in the credits). Sent them links to the audio and the license. Have > not heard back. Hopefully they dont take down our video. They are putting > quite a few > > I'm really skeptical of advertising in videos. Not out of moral issues....I > just cant believe it's an effective payback for sponsors. Is any one here > making any kind of money at all from ads on their videos? > > Jay > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
