DMCA is punishing me for using my own material
Alright, so I run a Web site named HackCollege. It’s a blog for college students. We’ve also produced video segments in the past.
While we could take the “We’re poor college students” approach to music and images, we have always tried to take the high road and never use copyrighted materials in our videos. Several of our videos have recently been invited to participate in the YouTube rev-sharing program.
There are some songs that a friend made for us as a favor. There was no record of the transaction other than a simple verbal conversation. He just had the tracks laying around and was just gave them to us. But because we don’t have a paper-trail tying the song rights to us, YouTube is punishing us. They invited and then subsequently denied us to the rev-sharing program. For using music, we are automatically viewed as potential criminals until we prove ourselves innocent (which I’m not sure quite how to do). The inadequate automation is hurting both YouTube and us (neither of us are making money on the video).
The video in question is the “How to Build a Homemade A/C.”
Making more money on blip.tv
The blip.tv sales team has been crushing it. So much so that for the first time in our history we’re set to serve an ad for every single available impression on almost every show that’s opted into advertising on blip. The only exception? Postrolls. We’re not going to be serving very many postrolls. So you’ve got to be opted into preroll and overlay in order to take advantage of our sales team’s crushing it.
Advertisers include Best Buy, MetroPCS, Chili’s, Toyota Scion, Canon, Nikon, The History Channel and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And more.
This means that it’s time for show creators to opt into more advertising formats and take other steps to maximize their revenue. Because there’s money to be had! There are shows on blip who are already using blip ad revenue to help pay the rent and even live on. Results will, of course, vary. Some shows make only a penny. Other shows make tens of thousands of dollars.
So read Optimizing your show’s revenue on the blip.tv support site. Then go and opt into preroll and overlay ads. There are high quality, high paying ads available for you.
Now is a good time to start putting videos on blip.
We're looking for an ad operations rock star
Blip.tv is looking for an ad operations rock star. Our sales team has been crushing it and we need an operations star to also crush it.
The position is Director of Advertising Operations. The right person will work daily with sales, content, technology and our executive management team along with our advertising partners to execute all aspects of ad ops and trafficking. We use FreeWheel for our ad serving, so familiarity with them is a major plus. Expertise in DART or Atlas is easily transferrable, though.
Our expectation is that you’ll make ad ops and trafficking look easy. We also expect that you’ll make our clients (agencies like Starcom and Digitas and Initiative, brands like TJ Maxx and Scion and Nikon) really happy.
And here’s the kicker: not only will you be part of building a really big business, you’ll also be helping great companies sell great products. Most importantly, though, you’ll be helping make independent Web shows sustainable. You’ll be changing lives and making truly independent media truly sustainable. If that isn’t exciting I don’t know what is.
We’re 18 people in a SoHo loft and one guy out in California. We’ve got a really collegiate culture and we buy lunch for everyone every day. We’re backed by some of the Skype guys and by Bain Capital Ventures. We serve more than eighty million video views a month across a massively distributed network which includes YouTube, Vimeo, iTunes, TiVo, FiOS, NBC Local Broadcast and Sony Consumer Electronics (TVs and Blu-Ray players). We work with more than 50,000 independent Web shows.
We are building the next-generation television network. Read more about blip, take a tour of the Show Creator Dashboard and check out our EPK.
If you’re interested please drop me an e-mail (mike AT blip DOT teevee) with your resume and let me know that you found out about this opening on Tumblr. It’ll be points in your favor. And if you know anyone good please make an introduction.
College friends: want a job in NYC?
Dina and I pause for a quick photo after our meeting in The West Wing. NBD.
I just learned this about 90 seconds ago and it’s already changed my life.
Wow. That’s awesome. Thank you, Kevin.
Newbs :)
Detroit, Michigan Airport. I was here a few hours before getting on my following flight last sumner.
I have a fascination with all things airtravel.
I love the Detroit airport.
And somewhere, there are a million corporate guys that would have never allowed it to look like that if it had been their decision.
I was RIGHT THERE about three hours ago. Such a lovely way to go from the main terminal to your departure terminal. I actually put my phone away (!!!) and just enjoyed the music and colors. Fuck Yeah Detroit.
Heh. I walked through this on Friday. Pretty cool.
I was thinking of how ridiculous it would be if they had used individual LEDs instead…
Thanks @allan
Poor Jeff.
Thanks to everyone who joined the blip.tv bash last night! And big thanks to Sabrina Chapman for making the event possible, and to the Mocca Lounge for great hosting. (Photo courtesy of SBE Photography.)
Come party with us this Sunday night as EPIC FU continues its Living Room Series with a Live performance by Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher. They’ll be performing songs from their brand new EP, The Good Life, as well as giving away signed copies to a lucky few! I’ll be hosting and taking questions from the live virtual audience - so make sure to drop by. Anything can (and will) happen!
Date: Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Time: 7pm PST
Place: YOUR living room! Meet us virtually at live.epicfu.comI’m going to try to make this physically, but if not, SEE YOU ONLINE THEN! :)
These guys rawk.
