Well that court case looks old, and it was dismissed last November. Although it may have been on a technicality and there is a new case elsewhere.
But as they just announced $30 million in funding we can be pretty sure they arent going belly-up anytime soon, and that people have been prepared to risk that much money on Veoh despite whatever legal risks there are going forwards. So who knows, it could be an unpleasant mess behind the scenes, your experience may be typical or it may not, either way they have let you down and that sucks :( Medium-term I still would not be surprised if most of these comapnies are stuffed, and it is interesting to see whether customer support holds up now that the honeymoon hype period for online video has passed. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Sheila English" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've left messages at the Veoh Networks corporate site, I've sent > various email. I've still heard nothing. I just called them today > though, so hopefully I will hear back this week. > > I'm a little concerned that copyright infringement lawsuits are going > to harm Veoh. It's not like they're the only ones getting sued, but it > seems like a significant suit. > > I'm not someone who is great with legal-eze but maybe someone here can > take a look at this and know what's going on- > > http://news.justia.com/cases/featured/california/casdce/3:2007cv01568/253104/ > > It says that the docket report was last checked in Feb. 2008. > > Personally, if it were my business, the minute things started to > appear bad, such as law suits and losing a lot of employees, I would > beef up my customer service and make sure my core content providers, > advertisers and partners were well taken care of. But, that's just me. > > Sheila > > > > > > > They just raised another $30m - now valued at $125m - see > http://news.google.com/news?q=veoh > > > > On the other hand investor Michael Eisner thinks the model sucks.. > > > > > http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/6/eisner_to_veoh_but_when_do_i_get_paid_ > > > > He told Shapiro that the video aggregators, so adept at raising and > > spending money, are not handing enough back to the people who > > actually make the videos themselves. > > > > "They're shooting themselves in the foot," he said. "They are > > trying to elicit a fee to integrate on sites like Veoh but with a > > revenue split that makes it impossible for a content producer to > > get enough money to cover production." > > > > "If I were running one of the distribution companies I would not > > look to make $2.50 but encourage the content creators to make it," > > he said. "I'm not sure the distributors are thinking through where > > the content players have to come out -- instead of how to make a > > little money." > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > WWWhatsup NYC > > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > >
