They are absolutely going to do this.
> -----Original Message----- > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Watson > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 9:19 AM > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] MyHeavy and Magnify and > aggregators in general > > All I was really looking for from Magnify was attribution and a link. > > Any word on that front? > > I just think it is unacceptable for them to attribute blip.tv > and then leave no avenue for their viewer to make it to the > rest of my work. > > Cheers, > Ron > > On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Mike Hudack wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > I just wanted to give everyone an update on where we stand with > > MyHeavy and Magnify, since I've met with the CEOs both companies in > > the last three days. Both of the meetings were for the same > purpose -- > > they took place because people on this list complained > about the way > > the companies were aggregating their videos. The meeting agenda was > > simple: to work with these companies to allow them to meet their > > business goals without infringing on the copy or other rights of > > original content creators. > > > > Both meetings went well. MyHeavy removed aggregated video > content from > > its site immediately after we spoke on the phone. This was an easy > > thing for them to do, since for them aggregation is a feature of a > > larger business. In the case of Magnify it's much more > difficult to do > > this because their entire business is based on aggregation. > > > > MyHeavy is planning to bring aggregation back, but to do so > in a way > > that conforms with the best practices that have been (I believe) > > largely agreed upon and endorsed by this group. Specifically, they > > will not include advertising in the playback experience without > > express permission from original content creators; they will not > > watermark the video; they will give credit by prominently > noting the > > original source of the video in the form of a link to the original > > content creator's Web site; and they will allow content creators to > > control aggregation through support for the MediaRSS restriction > > standard (whch will be controllable through a MyHeavy aggregation > > control panel in the blip.tv Dashboard). > > > > Magnify continues to aggregate blip.tv video to their destination > > sites, and they are currently including Google AdSense > advertisements > > on pages that include video players from other sources, including > > blip.tv. We are currently working with Magnify's CEO to > determine how > > best to address this issue, since Magnify's entire business > model is > > based on the ability to monetize aggregators through advertising. > > Either way, Magnify has agreed to support the MediaRSS restriction > > standard in the same way as MyHeavy and others. You will be able to > > control aggregation to Magnify through a control panel in > the blip.tv > > Dashboard. > > Because of > > Magnify's current position on advertising we are considering the > > possibility of making the default position for Magnify "opt-out" > > rather > > than opt-in (unlike providers who adhere closely to all > points of the > > best practices). Content creators who are okay with player-adjacent > > AdSense advertisements because they want the extra traffic that > > Magnify may generate will easily be able to opt in. > > > > Please let me know if these are acceptable outcomes for > you, and we'll > > proceed with implementation with both companies. > > > > ------- > > Mike Hudack > > CEO, blip.tv > > > > Office: 917-546-6989 > > AIM: mikehudack > > > > Read the blip.tv blog: http://blog.blip.tv/ > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
