[videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-13 Thread liza jean
thank you so much for this post. of course, having been deleted some dozen times from youtube i cannot apply. anybody wanna lend me their partner account with youtube long enough for me to fill out the application and get seen by those managing this new app? i'll give it back, without havin

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-12 Thread Rupert
Good news. On 12-Feb-09, at 11:45 AM, Kevin Lim wrote: Since it's related to micropayments, Joi Ito twittered that Youtube is implementing Creative Commons as well as Google Checkout for Youtube partners to sell video downloads! We previously discussed how they would likely not do it, but looks l

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-12 Thread Ron Watson
Wow, that could be a game changer, right there. I wonder what they're going to want as a % of sales... Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Feb 12, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Kevin Lim wrote: > Since it's related to micropayments, Joi It

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-12 Thread Kevin Lim
Since it's related to micropayments, Joi Ito twittered that Youtube is implementing Creative Commons as well as Google Checkout for Youtube partners to sell video downloads! We previously discussed how they would likely not do it, but looks like they just did! http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Mp1

[videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-12 Thread liza jean
we here at dyna-flix.com, being ever the contrarians, just had our best ever month of sales. most of which comes in $5 individual transactions. we have as yet to have any relations with advertisers. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton wrote: > > "Free is a right" is, for >

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-11 Thread Brook Hinton
I firmly believe voluntary support, with a bit of added-value product sales, is the future, either directly to a site or through a service provider or some kind link Kachingle (I don't know if their model will work, but it's a much more promising idea than micropayments). "Free is a right" is, for

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-10 Thread Irina
this situation interests me greatly because i used to work for a newspaper as a reporter and i loved it i wrote about immigration issues in a small town in florida, a very conservative town that didnt like illegal immigrants but subsided on their labor, etc etc so the stories that i was able to r

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-10 Thread Ron Watson
Thanks for the response, Jay! > > The hitch, so far, is convincing professionals to give their stuff > > away, to essentially join the open source movement. It's been > painful > > so far - not much interest from big heavy hitters. > > Seems like the bigger challenge is finding professionals who

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-10 Thread Jay dedman
> The hitch, so far, is convincing professionals to give their stuff > away, to essentially join the open source movement. It's been painful > so far - not much interest from big heavy hitters. Seems like the bigger challenge is finding professionals who love your specific community (dog training)

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-10 Thread Ron Watson
Very interesting article. Even more interesting discussion that flowed from it. I'm going to get around this by taking the open source route. The project that I'm working on is going to have a TON of free content and free community interaction. I'm going to be giving away foundational and gene

[videoblogging] Re: Micropayments (part 81)

2009-02-09 Thread deirdreharvey2002
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman wrote: > > Following up on our recent conversation about micropayments supporting > videobloggers, Clay Shirky just posted another installment of "why > micropayments wont work". > http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/02/why-small-payments-wont-save- p