MySpace Isn't Yours At All
I love VLOGS - video blogs. People post short films of their lives, home-made music videos, and lots of event coverage.
I want to post a video clip everyday, but that would require much more dedication and energy (working on it). Anyway, I'm a member of the Yahoo Videobloggers group.
Gena of http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com and http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video writes of myspace's content (meaning when artists put video clips of their work on their myspace page):
Their normal terms of service isnothing short of blood sucking.
I read different newsletters, some of which have nothing to do with
computers or vlogging. This is an extract from an article that Meg
Weaver wrote for Absolute Markets Newsletter (for writers):The MySpace.com fine print informs users that by posting any content,
"you hereby grant to MySpace.com a non-exclusive, fully-paid and
royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through
unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt,
translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce,
transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services."According to nydailynews.com (link below) Myspace.com spokesman Jeff
Berman said not to worry. "Because the legalese has caused some
confusion, we are at work revising it to make it very clear that
MySpace is not seeking a license to do anything with an artist's work
other than allow it to be shared in the manner the artist intends.
Obviously, we don't own their music or do anything with it that they
don't want."Right. The legalese is just there for fun.
Have you checked the fine print where you post material?"
That's CRAZY. I'll think twice before posting any of my video clips on my myspace page. Thank goodness the system doesn't work too well (crashes every time I try to upload something).
Some of My Favorite Vlogs:
scratch video
moment showing
village girl
Annieisms
sarah's corner
faux press
ryan edit
my world
the dylan show
amyville
mom's brag vlog
minnesota stories