Steve,
Thanks so much. I think the term "non-commercial" is up for a lot of
debate and legitimate disagreement (as we've seen many times on this
list). I've written a lot about differences in monetization approach on
the part of aggregators, and we'll continue to take stock of actual
usage on a
Steve,
Thanks so much. I think the term "non-commercial" is up for a lot of
debate and legitimate disagreement (as we've seen many times on this
list). I've written a lot about differences in monetization approach on
the part of aggregators, and we'll continue to take stock of actual
usage on a
This could be a great relationship.
They need exposure and we need protection.
It's a great opportunity.
I can't believe that you heavy hitters have not totally hooked up
with them (like I hope we do because of this situation).
A cool public service campaign drawing attention to CC licensing
That's a great question. The short answer is that our partnership
agreements may sometimes supercede portions of our terms of service.
The slightly longer short answer is that we don't negotiate partnerships
that violate either the letter or spirit of the TOS.
I could give you a list of our part
i believe blip's philosophy is opt-in for everything.
so i would hope that would apply to how they and their partners use your
content, despite them having legal leverage to do almost anything with your
content as their terms state.
that's just standard practice for 3rd party hosting services.
to a
One thing that we've done almost from Day One is include a requirement
that everyone accessing blip.tv respect the licenses attached to media
hosted on blip. The relevant portion of our TOS:
All user-generated content will be uploaded onto the site under a
Creative Commons License (see http://www
