I have my vid site password protected. It's also got a no robots file attached to it (yet somehow it still surfaces on Google, sigh). I try to keep links to it down to a minimum. I require viewers to send me a permission statement saying they won't link to, archive, or distribute my vids without permission. The reasons for this are:
1) to protect me from TPTB, especially the RIAA, whom I fear 2) to protect me from excessive bandwidth drains which can become expensive 3) to protect me from plagiarism and/or other people trying to take credit for my work
I used to have my vids up without a password, and then some ass burned my Firefly vid and a bunch of other people's Firefly vids to a CD and handed it to Nathan Fillion at some kind of fan lunch.
Many people don't get why this is a bad idea, to which I can only reply: I am breaking the law. Please don't get my ass sued.
Anyway, I find it totally acceptable for people to link to my LJ announcement or to my LJ vids tag page. I prefer that people don't link to my vid site itself. I state this preference in every vid announcement.
When linking to other vidders' sites, I assume that a) if they have not said otherwise, and b) I have seen them freely publishing links to their vid site in various communities, they have no problem with me linking to their vid site. I'm willing to be wrong about that, though.
Thanks so much for this poll.
1) to protect me from TPTB, especially the RIAA, whom I fear
2) to protect me from excessive bandwidth drains which can become expensive
3) to protect me from plagiarism and/or other people trying to take credit for my work
I used to have my vids up without a password, and then some ass burned my Firefly vid and a bunch of other people's Firefly vids to a CD and handed it to Nathan Fillion at some kind of fan lunch.
Many people don't get why this is a bad idea, to which I can only reply: I am breaking the law. Please don't get my ass sued.
Anyway, I find it totally acceptable for people to link to my LJ announcement or to my LJ vids tag page. I prefer that people don't link to my vid site itself. I state this preference in every vid announcement.
When linking to other vidders' sites, I assume that a) if they have not said otherwise, and b) I have seen them freely publishing links to their vid site in various communities, they have no problem with me linking to their vid site. I'm willing to be wrong about that, though.