Do you know what the issues are that people have with Vimeo TOS? On 29-Oct-09, at 2:01 PM, valdezatron wrote:
> Have you looked into SmugMug? http://www.smugmug.com I know a lot of > people that were disappointed with Vimeo TOS have gone there. I > don't know much about it personally. > > A. Valdez > http://wreckandsalvage.com > http://aaronvaldez.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adam Warner <awarne...@...> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm disappointed to learn that Blip.tv is discouraging me from > hosting my videos. I'm especially disappointed because I have been > using Blip since the beta days (under two accounts). I feel like > I've just been kicked in the gut. This email to the group is > intended to ask your opinion on whether I should continue with > Blip.tv and if not, I would really appreciate your opinions on > alternatives for hosting my videos as it relates to my requirements > to keep some private and some public. > > > > Here are the details. I am developing a new site which will > contain a lot of video. While I was poking around in my Blip.tv > account I happened across their FAQ and saw something that I wanted > to get some further information on before I started hosting hundreds > of videos. I sent Blip.tv this message through their contact form: > > > > > > I have a Pro account and have been using it mostly for testing some > > video tutorials I've been making. The reason (I'm paying) for the > Blip Pro account > > is because of the private feature and the ability to turn off > embedding > > in the player settings. > > > > While browsing around in > > the Dashboard today I came across the content policy and it has me a > > bit worried as it may relate to my intended usage of Blips > service. I > > hope you can clear things up and advise. > > > > My > > intention is to utilize my Blip account to continue to host my > tutorial > > videos for a learning site in development. The site is named > LearnWebTools and is located at http://learnwebtools.com. > > The site's focus will be to provide video tutorials on various web > > technologies. My desire is for some of these videos to only be > > available on this site (ones marked as private), and some to be > > available to through the show page (ones marked as public) and to > take > > advantage of your video distribution service. > > > > I > > am looking for verification from Blip as to whether or not my > intended > > usage constitutes a "show" in Blip's terms and if not, what steps I > > would need to take to become compliant. > > > > The first reply from Blip Support: > > > > > > Thanks for reaching out. We are a free platform, provided your > content meets our terms of service. > > > > We are not a good solution for marketing or commercial videos. See > our Terms of Service: > > > > Prohibited Content section, fourth bullet. You can read this at > > > > http://www.blip.tv/tos > > > > It looks like you have a really interesting business, and I hope > you find a good match for a service provider. > > > > Best to you in your endeavors! > > > > ***Fourth Bullet of the tos says this*** > > Content that has as its sole or primary purpose to advertise a > > particular product or service that, in the sole judgment of Blip.tv, > > does not otherwise have redeeming value to the community. Blip.tv > may > > allow the uploading of some such content for a fee, at its sole > > discretion. Such advertising content may be treated differently than > > other content (i.e. through indications that it is an > advertisement, or > > exclusion from some indices or searches). > > > > I replied with this: > > > > > > I'm not sure I was clear on my intent. My intent is > > to create a show that showcases my video tutorials. It wouldn't be a > > show in terms of actors and such, more of a helpful "Reality" > show. It > > is not to market commercial videos. I was asking if this would be > > considered a "show" under the Blip tos? I really do hope I can > continue > > to use the Blip.tv service. > > > > > > ...and received this response: > > > > > > We're not a good solution for screencasts. If it is determined a > > tutorial is meant as advertisement for a product the account would > be > > removed. > > > > Is it just me, or am I being misunderstood by this support person? > If you do a simple search for "tutorials" or better yet > "screencasts", you will see many examples of tutorial screencast > shows. Maybe the issue is that I actually asked permission? I'm just > so disappointed. I plan to reply to the latest response with some > further questioning (and perhaps begging), or maybe someone from > Blip will see this and chime in (Mike do you still read these > threads?) > > > > I welcome your thoughts everyone, and if I'm just plain wrong in > my thinking that I should be able to continue using Blip, then so be > it. I'll start looking for alternative ways to host my videos. Maybe > I should go with the FlowPlayer route and just host my own? > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Adam W. Warner > > http://LearnWebTools.com > > http://WordPressModder.org > > My Recommended Web Hosting > > > > ________________________________ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
