Comments on: Soulja Boy Now Officially Sending Takedown Notices http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/11/24/soulja-boy-and-remix-etiquette/ Because I don't like character limits. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dean http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/11/24/soulja-boy-and-remix-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-6530 Dean Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:02:27 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=360#comment-6530 Michael, Nope h.264 is a patent encumbered codec. It's not free in most senses of the word. Ogg Theora and Dirac are the only serious open codecs that I know of (for video over the web). —Dean Michael,

Nope h.264 is a patent encumbered codec. It’s not free in most senses of the word. Ogg Theora and Dirac are the only serious open codecs that I know of (for video over the web).

—Dean

]]> By: Fred Benenson’s Blog » Blog Archive » The RIAA’s Loss http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/11/24/soulja-boy-and-remix-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Fred Benenson’s Blog » Blog Archive » The RIAA’s Loss Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:15:53 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=360#comment-6481 [...] But there is already evidence of ISPs acting in haste to dismantle legal file sharing outfits. TorrentFreak has a story about an open source software tracker having their service revoked by their ISP because they were accused of hosting an illegal torrent of the game Command and Conquer. YouTube already engages in auto-take-downs of videos that are supposedly infringing. [...] [...] But there is already evidence of ISPs acting in haste to dismantle legal file sharing outfits. TorrentFreak has a story about an open source software tracker having their service revoked by their ISP because they were accused of hosting an illegal torrent of the game Command and Conquer. YouTube already engages in auto-take-downs of videos that are supposedly infringing. [...]

]]> By: Michael Sander http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/11/24/soulja-boy-and-remix-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-6370 Michael Sander Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:00:29 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=360#comment-6370 Hey Fred, I think the H.264 video code used by flash players is actually open (though it is not 100% sure how free, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Patent_licensing). The real problem is flash's proprietary interface to the codec. Hopefully red5 moves in this direction. Hey Fred,
I think the H.264 video code used by flash players is actually open (though it is not 100% sure how free, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Patent_licensing). The real problem is flash’s proprietary interface to the codec. Hopefully red5 moves in this direction.

]]> By: Crank Dat ROFLCon Taken Down on YouTube | David Fisher : What is Noise Blog http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/11/24/soulja-boy-and-remix-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-5513 Crank Dat ROFLCon Taken Down on YouTube | David Fisher : What is Noise Blog Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:09:19 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=360#comment-5513 [...] Other bloggers have picked this up too. Fred Benenson’s blog had a good writeup and Rebecca Corliss also wrote about it. I sent a YouTube message to Soulja Boy [...] [...] Other bloggers have picked this up too. Fred Benenson’s blog had a good writeup and Rebecca Corliss also wrote about it. I sent a YouTube message to Soulja Boy [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://fredbenenson.com/blog/2008/11/24/soulja-boy-and-remix-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-5485 Kevin Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:47:41 +0000 http://fredbenenson.com/blog/?p=360#comment-5485 Increasing numbers of publishers are denying the opportunity to embed. I believe this has to do with the revenue-sharing partnerships that YouTube offers its most popular channels. Embeds don't expose the big ads in the right-hand column. The downside is that dozens of blog posts around the web are broken. YouTube reports "This video is no longer available" instead of the accurate message, "This video's owner does not permit embedding." Furthermore, bookmarklet-driven tools like Tumblr don't detect whether or not a YT vid is embeddable so your RSS feeds will continue to be plagued by misleading error messages. For better or worse, YouTube is an empire in decline. We lost Napster. We lost Oink. Is YT the next great digital library to go? Increasing numbers of publishers are denying the opportunity to embed.
I believe this has to do with the revenue-sharing partnerships that
YouTube offers its most popular channels. Embeds don’t expose the big
ads in the right-hand column.

The downside is that dozens of blog posts around the web are broken.
YouTube reports “This video is no longer available” instead of the
accurate message, “This video’s owner does not permit embedding.”
Furthermore, bookmarklet-driven tools like Tumblr don’t detect whether
or not a YT vid is embeddable so your RSS feeds will continue to be
plagued by misleading error messages.

For better or worse, YouTube is an empire in decline.

We lost Napster. We lost Oink. Is YT the next great digital library to go?

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