Bullshit: they are clearly, blatantly violating licenses by re-encoding and not linking back.
All they need to do is attribute, and it'll be mostly ok. Saying: "contact us and we'll stop violating your license" isn't enough. Peter -- http://mefeedia.com On 4/7/06, Halcyon Lujah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have talked to Dmitry Shapiro, the CEO and he seemed VERY willing to > do what it takes to please broadcasters. They are working on some > sort of "claim your feed" campaign as well. > > If you don't want to claim your feed, and don't want your content > available to Veoh users, email them. I would be very suprised if they > didn't remove your feed immediately. > > -Halcyon > > > > > On 4/7/06, Stephanie Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Veoh has my whole feed in their service. They have ripped my videos to > > their formats and are re-distributing them, using their own > > permalinks. > > > > From their own TOS: > > " As explained above, Veoh does not permit copyright infringing > > activities on the Veoh Service and reserves the right to terminate > > access to the Veoh Service, and remove all User Materials posted, by > > any persons who are found to be repeat infringers (i.e., persons found > > to have uploaded copyright infringing User Material on more than two > > occasions)." > > > > Here's the email I sent them: > > Dear Veoh, > > > > You are infringing on my license terms for Hold My Beer and Watch > > This! (http://mortaine.blogspot.com). > > > > I have a creative commons license on my videoblog. My license terms > > are derivs-ok, non-commercial, and must-attribute. This means that if > > you make a derivative work by ripping my videos to your format for > > re-distribution, it must be for non-commercial purposes. From what I > > can see, Veoh is a commercial entity. If this is not the case, please > > send me your 501c status documentation. > > > > However, you are still violating the "must-attribute" portion of my > > videoblog's license, and that is not acceptable. You are displaying my > > work on your website without attribution to the creator. Please create > > a clear, unambiguous link-back to my website. Personally, I would > > prefer it if you made the permalink space on your site as a permalink > > to the vlog entries on my blog site. It's not as if you don't have > > that data available, and doesn't seem like it would be too technically > > difficult. > > > > Failure to comply with my CC license means that you are infringing on > > my copyright, something that is specifically prohibited in the Veoh > > Terms of Service. > > > > Please let me know how you are rectifying this situation. > > > > Sincerely, > > Stephanie Bryant > > > > > > -- > > Stephanie Bryant > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Blogs, vlogs, and audioblogs at: > > http://www.mortaine.com/blogs > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > www.SpreadingThePink.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> 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/
