Sounds like a great song lyric! "you need to be a phenom or a spammer. else, you're a dreamer."
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sull <sullele...@...> wrote: > > you need to be a phenom or a spammer. > else, you're a dreamer. > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Jay dedman <jay.ded...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > Recently a fellow filmmaker contacted me about 5min.com. He had concerns > > about them putting his videos on other sites like Bukisa.com and Watchdoit, > > something that wasn't discussed when he gave permission for 5min's to use > > his vids. > > > There are only two sites that I would recommend to video producers with > > regard to ad revenue. Youtube and blinkx. Other sites (like blip.tv) > > despite > > running ads in my videos, have never returned one cent! > > > As an Australian, dealing with these online video sites (based in > > locations as diverse as Israel and the US) what legal recourse to I >have > > to > > checking a video sites accounting practices, and withdrawing my content? > > > > These are good questions. I imagine it's all about reputation. Since this > > practice of ad revenue/sharing on videos is relatively new, I imagine that > > people will start talking as they experience each service. Like you're > > doing > > now. Shady services will wither quickly. > > > > We was just recently invited by Youtube to put ads on some of our videos (I > > guess your video must hit a certain viewer threshold first). As an > > experiment, we went through the process. Funny enough, they sent us an > > email > > saying we had to prove we owned the video/audio....wanting us to fax signed > > releases. So by accepting their offer for ads, we've put our videos > > existence in jeopardy. > > > > Because we haven't been able to confirm that you have the necessary > > rights, including publicity rights, to commercially use all the video > > material and music, we ask that you provide written documentation > > substantiating your claim. Please email us or fax us this information at > > 650-362-9648. > > > > The document should either be a written contract between yourself and the > > rights owner, or a letter from the rights owner stating that you are > > permitted to use their content commercially. Please provide a signature > > along with contact information for the rights owner. A faxed hard copy of > > the document is preferable, but you may also email us the information with > > an electronic signature attached. We ask that the document also includes > > the url for the video(s) and your channel name. > > > > Please note that we reserve the right to make the final determination on > > whether to enable revenue sharing for a video. You must also respond > > within 7 business days of receiving this letter, or the video may be > > removed from the YouTube site. > > > > If you need more time to acquire the proper documents, you may consider > > disabling revenue sharing yourself. For instructions on disabling revenue > > sharing on a video, please visit our Help Center article at > > http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=94522. > > > > Please note that disabling revenue sharing will NOT remove your video from > > the YouTube site. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Olga > > The YouTube Team > > > > We emailed back that we shot the video and used CC-licensed music (which is > > listed in the credits). Sent them links to the audio and the license. Have > > not heard back. Hopefully they dont take down our video. They are putting > > quite a few > > > > I'm really skeptical of advertising in videos. Not out of moral issues....I > > just cant believe it's an effective payback for sponsors. Is any one here > > making any kind of money at all from ads on their videos? > > > > Jay > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
