Re: [videoblogging] Comcast/Verizon, Net Neutrality and Lost Connectivity

2007-10-21 Thread Jan McLaughlin
I've Verizon FIOS and the file to which you linked downloaded in seconds. No problem. XP / Firefox / iTunes 7.4.3.1 Jan On 10/21/07, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > I don't think this is entirely appropriate to post here, but I really > think it is important, so I'm gonna p

[videoblogging] Re: electric slide youtube copyright insanity

2007-10-21 Thread Steve Watkins
Oh blimey! Well it looks like the EFF were involved with this one: http://www.eff.org/cases/electric-slide-litigation Although it doesnt sound like Ric has accepted the verdict properly if he is just waiting for new rules from congress. The Washington Post story that mentioned this stuff: http:

[videoblogging] Follow up to the machine is Us/ing Us

2007-10-21 Thread Steve Watkins
Think I preferred the first one but this is still pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM Cheers Steve Elbows

[videoblogging] Re: Casey in the Guardian: Will Hollywood kill the web-only stars.

2007-10-21 Thread Steve Watkins
Wel I am a fan of unions in general. I just think there will be some growing pains if they try to apply this stuff to net video prematurely, especially as there is currently so much hype about internet video $$ which doesnt match the reality for most. So I do look forward to the day when unions ge

Re: [videoblogging] Re: electric slide youtube copyright insanity

2007-10-21 Thread Kenya Allmond
>From the Washington Post article, Ric Silver: ""I can't go to every wedding and bar mitzvah in the country, so this is all I can do to make sure people learn it right," Silver said." So take down every wedding or bar mitzvah video that has the electric slide in it? I don't see how take down n

[videoblogging] Re: halloween vlogfest 2007?

2007-10-21 Thread Steve Woolf
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "mcmpress" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there no Halloween Vlogfest this year? Haven't seen a post about it. > Anyone? > unfortunately we've been too busy this fall to put another event together around Halloween. kinda sucks, sorry. :( if anyone else

[videoblogging] re:Casey's thread: Dan McVicar, AFTRA, and independent producers

2007-10-21 Thread danielmcvicar
Hi Everybody, I've been a member of SAG and AFTRA for decades, and sometimes serve on committees in preparing for negotiation. It is my observation that this is a new area for unions, producers, performers and distributors of media. The business models are being disrupted. The union has always

[videoblogging] new camera suggestions?

2007-10-21 Thread David S Kessler
I waist half of my life logging and capturing off of dv tapes. If i had that time back i might go fly kites or something. I have about a thousand miniDV tapes thrown about my studio that in all likelihood i will never touch again. I want a hard drive or memory card camera and I want it to be AWES

[videoblogging] Patrick Power 1969-2007

2007-10-21 Thread Brook Hinton
The excellent dvblog.org today posted some intriguing work by a fellow named Patrick Power. A trip to patrickpower.com, however, revealed the disturbing news that Patrick Power died a week ago. Perusing photos on the site, it appears that within the last five months, he had a child, got married, a

Re: [videoblogging] Patrick Power 1969-2007

2007-10-21 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Wow. I am stunned. Patrick Power mailed Brittany and I when he saw the lumiere manifesto on boingboing. We had very brief communication and then nothing. Now I know why. Brittany went through almost all of his videos as she was searching for the right ones to present on dvblog. His works wer

[videoblogging] Re: re:Casey's thread: Dan McVicar, AFTRA, and independent producers

2007-10-21 Thread Bill Cammack
Informative post. Thanks, Dan. :) I'm neither anti nor pro unions. For some people, it makes sense to join one, for the very protections you mention. For others, the expense of joining outweighs the work they get from being a part of that union. Back in the day, a recruiter approached our grou

[videoblogging] 35 and tricaster

2007-10-21 Thread kfirpravda
hi, I wrote about 35 and tricaster here: http://pravdam.com/2007/10/21/technology-creates-new-kinds-of-creativity-the-case-of-tricaster-and-35/ I was amazed that NewTek didn't respond to the creators...

[videoblogging] My short film turned epic - how do I get it out there?

2007-10-21 Thread amy_bugbee
Hi everyone, So I started to make a short intro for my husband and I on our upcoming trip A YEAR AT THE WHEEL, but the thing turned into a 24 minut epic, any ideas on how to get such a lengthy video "out there"? Let me know. Thanks, Amy If you have the popcorn and the inkling: See SHUNNED th

[videoblogging] Re: Patrick Power 1969-2007

2007-10-21 Thread Enric
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow. I am stunned. Patrick Power mailed Brittany and I when he saw the > lumiere manifesto on boingboing. We had very brief communication and then > nothing. Now I know why. > > Brittany went thro

[videoblogging] Re: Casey in the Guardian: Will Hollywood kill the web-only stars.

2007-10-21 Thread Enric
Also, Jackson West's WGA interview with member Ezra Sacks: http://newteevee.com/2007/10/21/qa-ezra-sacks-on-writers-guild-strike/ Last question: === NewTeeVee: What about the resistance to organized labor by technology entrepreneurs and independent productions? Sacks:

[videoblogging] Re: Patrick Power 196, 007

2007-10-21 Thread bordercollieaustralianshepherd
Brook, nice find. Andreas, lucky for you, he reached out and you replied. Sorry to read that it never went further. There were a lot of folks doing their own thing. On AOL (and the other services ... compuserve?) there were a few ways to post to a personal page, videos that were stored elsewhere.

[videoblogging] Teleprompter DIY for $50.00

2007-10-21 Thread Renat Zarbailov
Hi gang! Anyone ever needing a telepromter? Do it yourself and save lots of money! http://www.instructables.com/id/Teleprompter-DIY-for-50.00/

Re: [videoblogging] Teleprompter DIY for $50.00

2007-10-21 Thread Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast?
I have one of these in my basement (well, a variation on the theme). We use it for Dragon*ConTV and it works very well. There's a great freeware app called Prompt that handles the screen flip & teleprompter functions. On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 8:09 pm, Renat Zarbailov wrote: > Hi gang! > Anyone ever

[videoblogging] Re: new camera suggestions?

2007-10-21 Thread Renat Zarbailov
I got my SONY HDR-SR7 almost a month ago and I am happy that I no longer ever have to digitize tapes again. It's a hard drive-based camcorder which has an external mike input, great in tandem with elecrovoice omni-directional mike. The cam shoots in AVCHD 15mbps as well as MPEG2 9mbps. Due to th

[videoblogging] Re: re:Casey's thread: Dan McVicar, AFTRA, and independent producers

2007-10-21 Thread Gena
What you say seems ok, but what happens if Google/YouTube, Blip or the other online distribution places sign agreements with the unions that could eventually push out non-union and non-commercial productions? Currently we have the choice to say "Bugger off, I don't need you." If the online distri