http://veoh.com/corporate/termsOfUse.html
this is a huge can of worms that Veoh didn't need to open. there is no reason for a community site to spider other sites for feeds. well...there's only one reason I can think of and it's not a good one - padding their site.
On 4/7/06, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i feel like some one just robbed me and explained why it was good for me
Halcyon Lujah wrote:
>I just talked to Dmitry Shapiro (CEO of Veoh.com - contact info
>below). He is awaiting the ability to post to this Yahoo group, but
>wanted to make sure you got his response, asap. So I am posting the
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>From: Dmitry Shapiro < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Apr 7, 2006 6:57 PM
>Subject: Please post to Videoblogging group
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>My name is Dmitry Shapiro, and I am the CEO of Veoh.
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>I would like to address a few of the issues that have been discussed
>here today, and offer a few solutions.
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>First, let me assure you that Veoh is no evil corporation out to steal
>anyone's content. If you do some research, you will find that I have
>been very vocal about what we are trying to accomplish. We want to
>make video broadcasting available to everyone, to democratize video
>broadcasting by removing any hurdles that currently exist in the
>mainstream media. We are on your side, and greatly value your
>opinions.
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>Second, let me apologize for the way that we have handled the RSS feed
>issues. My only excuse is that we have done a poor job defining what
>is really needed and implemented a fractional solution. We are
>diligently working on making Veoh a great place for video bloggers,
>and are implementing your suggestiions from this forum.
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>We are taking steps to do the following :
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>1. We are fixing our system to display a link back to your original
>video blog. This was in the original spec, but somehow got left out.
>2. We are fixing our RSS reader to be sensitive to CC licenses and
>will automatically respect your licenses.
>3. We are figuring out ways to give you the statistics that you need
>so that views on Veoh are reflected in your feed stats.
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>We expect these changes to be completed over the next 2 weeks.
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>If you would rather we take your feed off of our system, I can assure
>you that we will be happy to oblige. If you would like your feed out
>of our system, we will either read your CC license or you can email us
>at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will remove it immediately.
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>I encourage you to give us a chance to fix things, and provide you
>with a great tool.
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>Some of you are experiencing great load on your servers and are
>starting to have to pay a lot of money for hosting your videos.
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>We provide you a free service that hosts your videos, and allows you
>to post any length, full-screen, much higher quality (high bitrate)
>video, without worrying about the cost of distribution. Give us 500MB
>videos, and we will distribute them for you completely free of charge.
> Some of you couldn't care less about such capabilities but others are
>extremely excited about the opportunity to be broadcasting
>television-length and television-quality shows.
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>We not only welcome your feedback, but solicit it, and would love for
>you to drive the direction of our product offering.
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>You will notice that there is no advertising on our site or our
>client. This is a venture backed company, but it is also a labor of
>love, out to change the world by giving everyone a free, unrestricted
>voice. In the near future YOU will have the capabilities to choose if
>you would like to charge for your video blog, or if you would like to
>make money by letting us sell advertising, or neither.
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>I will be happy to speak with any of you in person or via phone/email.
> We are based in San Diego, but I will be in Atlanta on Monday and
>Tuesday and in Manhattan on Wed, Thurs, and Friday. Please let me
>know if any of you are available to meet me in person (I'll buy the
>coffee or beer). My contact info is below, including my cell phone
>number.
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>My contact info is :
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>Dmitry Shapiro
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>619-602-3305 cell
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>Thank you so much for reading this, and please forgive us if we caused
>you any heartache. We really are your friends.
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>Dmitry
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