April 23, 2008
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Grow a Pair Facebook!
When I was in San Francisco the weekend before last, I posted this video on YouTube, that was set to the theme song of our GLY group of friends. It was a video of the sunset at the beach and of a 3 year old playing soccer with our friends. The music I used in MY video was from the soundtrack of Rent, a CD I probably bought 5 times before MP3s and iTunes became widely used in the mid 90′s. I OWN the song….I’ve paid more than enough for it over the years. So imagine my surprise when, within 5 minutes of uploading the video, I receive the following email from YouTube:
At first, I was pissed off at the intrusion, but when I thought about it, it was pretty cool. YouTube had actually reached an agreement with a greedy corporate record company, and if they wanted to place a subtle ad on my video page to advertise the “Rent” soundtrack because people liked the song “Seasons of Love” that I put on MY video, then I guess that’s not so bad. Right? As long as they let me keep my video, I was OK.When I posted the same video my Facebook page though, it was a different story. It took them a few days, but today, I got this email, and found this when I logged in to Facebook:
This was my reply to Facebook:
A closeup:
Why do I have a feeling this entreaty will fall on deaf ears??
I had dinner with Seth, Jessica and Hannah tonight. I’ve been on an Indian food kick of late, so we ate at India Sweet & Spices in Los Feliz. It’s a gawdy cafeteria style restaurant, that plays Bollywood movies on a big screen all day and night. LOL. Good food though! Look how much Hannah has grown in the past year:
May 2007
April 2008
We took the dogs on a walk and I liked this house :)
Comments (24)
I try to avoid copyright issues by crediting my sources on Xanga.
Hannah is adorable.
I like that picture of the house, too – it seems warm and quaint.
eighth photo down of hannah (?) and the two dogs is wonderfully cute.
p/s.: the dog to the right of hannah is a yorkshire terrier? as a kid i had one as a pet for a week before the landlord found out. benji was his name.
p/s.: facebook is unable to grow a pair until it has the financial backings of google :)
didnt google try and purchase facebook? or wasnt facebook up for sale? has it been sold? *shrug.
lol… I am sure facebook won’t even bother to reply!
You always seem to run into these kinds of problems. HAH!
hahaha maybe you are already blacklisted on youtube…someone is staring at you =) behave yourself lol
I thought the copyright thing is fine as long as it’s personal use instead of commercial use. . . Just your luck, mate. LOL
What interests me the most is how UMG found out you were using the song on the YouTube video. There’s also an intersting question about how far copyright extends in situations like this. When you post your video where it can be viewed by millions of people, is your use of the song really “personal” anymore or has it moved into another domain? Hmm…
your response is so right – you’re in no way profiting from your post and people like me who have not bought a copy of that song might be further encouraged to purchase it for our own enjoyment, though after your experience, i doubt i would contribute a nickel to their greed. ppl on sites like this or facebook are often exposed to music they might otherwise not hear and thus be encouraged to buy it should they hear something they like. oh well, welcome to the world of idiot lawyers with nothing better to do!
great pix tonight – and yeah, i like that house too – just not the location! – lol. peace, Al
She’s a little cutie. :;waving at the puppies::
yeah , we are not selling those mp3 ;/ the copyright stuff are weird n funny sometimes ;/
what a cute kid! at first i thought she’s arielle but after actually reading your entry (LOL!), her name’s hannah. if these faces fill the world, stress would be out, i tell you.
btw, is your profile pic taken where? with the kids and all… is it here in manila?
ryc: i have the cds so i don’t get it why would xanga ping me just in case i’ll save songs here. just streaming and never download. though i am sure some techie people out there can get my files in a jiffy.
this is, by the way, from her concert series. lea salonga even sung sun and moon from ms. saigon; disney songs medley – a whole new world (alladin), go to distance (hercules), you’ll be in my heart (tarzan) and reflection (mulan) . i even got her live versions of my lord and master (king and i), fallin (they’re singing our song), someone to watch over me (mr. holland’s opus).
if you want them :) i am feeling very generous today. lol! i can actually give you the link for these. though i think you could get her “live” concert series albums at amazon. they’re a treasure. with a voice like that.
and THANK YOU for giving a comment on my audio page. you’re the first. hehehe…
I like the picture of the house – did you touch up the photo a bit?
Wow you really told facebook :P hahaha. *POKE* :]
Why do your pictures always look better than mine?
@owbert - I forgot to ask you this morning if you had any pictures of Benji?
@Dezinerdreams - Are you kidding Vivek? Don’t they know WHO I AM?? I’m quite sure they’re holding high level executive meeting at this very hour to discuss my plight!
@henrwhy - Yeah, amazing huh? Maybe it’s me??? Nah!
@lcfu - Behave? NEVER!
@Lewis - You and me both Lewis, you and me both :(
@christao408 - YouTube uses the same music recognition algorithms that VeBrizon uses for their Song ID service. It’s actually quite clever…annoyingly so in this case!
@pukemeister - People in glass houses… :)
@qccan - Woof!
@aizzat - Boycott UMG! Download illegally :)
@Renatojr3 - Yep, yesterday was Hannah, the day before was Arielle. I’ve got lots of cute little girls in my life. Wait, that didn’t come out right! Keen eye on the profile pic. It is indeed Manila….handing out presents on Christmas day with a missionary friend.
@ElusiveWords - Thanks, I did do some tinting to the sky and saturated it a bit (too much perhaps).
@aliceandrandy - Watch where you’re pokin that thing!!
@infinitysurfer - James, James, James. Isn’t it obvious? It’s because I’m so much better looking! Pwned!
Oh, I think I know where that Indian foodie place is!
*sigh*… technology nowadays can sniff out anything!
The dogs are just too cute!!!! =)
@curry69curry - Yeah, it’s on Los Feliz Blvd. just past the 5. There are a bunch of them. What’s your favorite Indian place? We should go sometime
@Socalj714 - Yeah, they’re good dogs. What kind is yours? Mine (Oreo), was German Shepherd, Sheepdog, Wolfhound and Wire Terrier. LOL A purebread.
re: I’m all right. Haven’t been on xanga in a while… a LONG while. LOL! I can see you’re still very much addicted to this thing. LOL! So how are you?
@simplyblunt - Addicted? I like to call it passionate! LOL I’m good. Glad you’re doing well!!
so, did you get a response back from facebook yet?
@rudyhou - Nope…but at least my video is still up!!
o wow at least u won LOL