yes. On 7/26/07, JADonnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nice to see we are all just getting along. > jad > madpod.com > dummycast.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Richard Bluestein" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I''m sorry that you're sorry that Jeffrey feels that way. > > Richard > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > John Furrier <john@> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Jeffrey. I'm sorry that you feel that way. We stand up for > > video producers and people investing in the space. It can get > > commercial and I understand the perceptions there. As the net accepts > > more and more independent producers new talent will emerge. That is > > my opinion and I'm behind that. PodTech is far from old media and in > > fact we'll experiment and innovate as much as we can to push the > > envelope on ideas and creativity. I know others feel the same way - > > create content, innovate, and push the envelope on new ideas. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of Jeffrey Taylor > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:57 AM > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] The Vloggies (was Re: irina gone) > > > > > > > > > The whole Podtech Affair (Irina, Lan, Vloggies, the public > defenses from > > > Scoble and Furrier) reeks of traditional ("old") media, old business. > > > Instead of standing up for something or for other people, we are > > left with > > > nothing but a diluted, tasteless word salad. > > > > > > On 24/07/07, J. Rhett Aultman > > <wlight@<mailto:wlight%40weatherlight.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I strongly agree with this. I realize it's "business as usual" for > > more > > > > traditional media businesses to use award shows as a way to > > scratch the > > > > backs of their VIPs and biggest stakeholders, but I find something > > like > > > > that entirely disingenuous in the case of PodTech and the > > Vloggies. Not > > > > only that, but it's bad business sense in a market where the largest > > > > stakeholders are ill defined and change every few months. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Rhett. > > > > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > > http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > > > > > > > > > > > > > John, this is why you have to talk about this here and not on the > > > > > phone with someone. If you want to engage this community then > engage > > > > > us. You can't have private, offline conversations about things > like > > > > > this. > > > > > > > > > > For everyone else, if you don't like the way PodTech is handling > > > > > things then DON'T LET THEM HANDLE IT. Don't participate in their > > > > > awards show and don't accept any awards. If nobody recognizes "The > > > > > Vloggies" then it doesn't matter who owns the trademark. If you > > still > > > > > want awards then someone will have to organize the community to > > do it. > > > > > > > > > > - Verdi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/24/07, Kent Nichols > > > <digitalfilmmaker@<mailto:digitalfilmmaker%40gmail.com > ><digitalfilmmaker%40gmail.com>> > > > > wrote: > > > > >> Off-list? If you want to engage my professional services, > > contact my > > > > >> agents. Barrett Garese at UTA. > > > > >> > > > > >> If you want to talk about the Vloggies, let's talk about the > > Vloggies > > > > >> here in public. > > > > >> > > > > >> I support an open awards show that is owned by no company. I > think > > > > >> that > > > > >> Trademarking Vloggies gives your company too much control. The > > Oscars > > > > >> are owned by the film industry, and the Emmys are owned by the TV > > > > >> industry. There were several sponsors last year, don't they > > also have > > > > >> as much right to the mark of the Vloggies as PodTech? > > > > >> > > > > >> Oh but you have more rights don't you? Because the person > that came > > > > >> up > > > > >> with the idea, the person that organized it and made it a > > success was > > > > >> on > > > > >> your dime... The person that was just let go, right after the > > > > >> Trademark > > > > >> was filed... > > > > >> > > > > >> By landgrabbing "Vloggies", you are trying to own an industry, > > which is > > > > >> unconscionable. > > > > >> > > > > >> You guys are smart, you're just caught in a lot of bad decisions. > > > > >> > > > > >> You should donate that mark to the Creative Commons, or EFF, or > > create > > > > >> a > > > > >> new non-profit that will run the awards. That would be the > > right thing > > > > >> to do, and might start repairing the PR nightmare you guys are > > > > >> experiencing right now. > > > > >> > > > > >> -Kent, askaninja.com > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> --- In > > videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > John Furrier <john@> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Kent, > > > > >> > Email me if you'd like to get involved and we can chat off list > > > > >> > > > > > >> > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > http://michaelverdi.com > > > > > http://spinxpress.com > > > > > http://freevlog.org > > > > > Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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