that's a good question.....and it seems when you have asked it in the past the Apple folks are very quiet......I know I have the Creatvie Zen M and I get my content though Zencast and it is software I download but they provide link backs so it's not a matter of not being able to......very good question, indeed....
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com Of course by stating this I have probably pissed off the last few people who watch my vlog...but oh well.... ;) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser" <groups-yahoo- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What still suprises me is that people get so mad at myheavy and all > these others and yet the biggest offender of them all is itunes with > their iTunes. > > They're using 10's of thousands of vloggers and podcasters to build > traffic in their marketplace to sell mainstream media, and more ipods > and macs, and they don't even have the courtesy to give you a reach > arou... I mean a damn permalink in the damn iTunes interface so after > I'm done watching your video or listening to your podcast I can click > back to your website and see your shownotes, comments, or any of that > crap. > > Is it because iTunes is a piece of software and not a webservice, or > because of some steve jobs reality distortion field. > > Make no doubt about it even though apple isn't putting ads directly on > your media they certainly aren't doing you any favors. They're > alienating you from your users. > > So why do we DEMAND permalinks back to the original blog post in > Democracy, Fireant, Mefeedia, Network2, Myheavy and on and on an > one... but simply ignore apple? > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > mefeedia.com > > On 1/28/07, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem is that videobloggers are going down the same hopelessly > > > unrealistic and ultimately disastrous path as the record labels and > > > movie companies. > > > > That's quite a statement. One that I think is entirely wrong. > > > > I have no problem with you aggregating my video. Even if your site > > has google ads. I'm quite aware that my stuff is totally free as soon > > as I post it on blip. > > > > I just expect that giant media conglomerates, or their subsidiary > > investments (magnify, myheavy,nextnew networks, et al.) give me some > > kind of consideration as a content creator. > > > > If they are making millions, I want a share. If smaller entities are > > gaining notoriety, I want some of that; put a friggin' correct link > > on it for cryin' out loud. > > > > To say that expecting to get royalties off of large economic > > endeavors using our stuff is like a record company is standing > > reality on its head. > > > > It is the myheavys and magnifys that are acting like old school > > record companies; robbing artists of their hard work and creativity; > > screw the talent! > > > > Ron > > > > > > On Jan 27, 2007, at 10:41 PM, Lucas Gonze wrote: > > > > > On 1/27/07, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Even accepting reality for what it is, however, there are > > > > many good reasons to continue to push for our rights as creators to > > > > be sacrosanct. > > > > > > The problem is that videobloggers are going down the same hopelessly > > > unrealistic and ultimately disastrous path as the record labels and > > > movie companies. What's driving you is the same misplaced sense of > > > victimization and and righteous anger. > > > > > > Creators don't have sacrosanct rights in the US (except with regard to > > > attribution). That's not just a little wrong, it's wrong in a way > > > which is important. If creators were to be granted sacrosanct rights > > > it would be a massive expansion of copyright at the expense of the > > > public. > > > > > > And not just at the expense of the public, but also at the expense of > > > creators. The 500,000 YouTubers who you want to prevent from mashing > > > up your video have just as much right to make art as you do. If > > > what's at stake is the loss of 500,000 artworks, why does your work > > > trump theirs? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
