Comments on: Magnify.net Launches Video Focused Ad Network

By: Ken Berger

Ken Berger — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:07:17 +0000

(I have a consulting relationship w/ Magnify, though not speaking officially for the company here).

Hashim & Marques-

While I think you’re both making fairly reasonable assertions, I respectively disagree w/ your conclusive assessments. Google likes Magnify, in part because they do a lot more than what that TOS paragraph states. The Blip-Magnify relationship is quite friendly as well, as it too is a win-win.

Derek, just minor fyi: Manhattan is measured in subway stops, not miles :^)

By: marques

marques — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:26:12 +0000

@ Derek, can you show me a blip video on their site, I just tried to embed one and it did not work for me. Maybe this IT pro is not smart enough to use their system (wink wink).

http://salsa.magnify.net/item/TRH1YVTRJ8RLGB7G

I was able to add the same blip video to my site as a quick test so it is not an issue with blip’s embed tags.

http://www.myvidster.com/video.....a_-_Part_1

If I am doing something wrong, please correct me.

Disclaimer: I am the founder of myVidster (really new startup) which could be viewed as a competitor to magnify.net. Not trying to start drama, just stating what I know as true.

By: Derek Scruggs

Derek Scruggs — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:36:42 +0000

Did it occur to any of you that maybe Magnify did a deal with Blip, YouTube et al? I think Blip & Magnify are based within a couple miles of each other.

Disclaimer: I know Steve Rosenbaum, the the founder of Magnify, though we haven’t talked for a while. He’s been in the film & TV industry for over 20 years, so he probably knows a few things about how to do deals around content.

By: Marques

Marques — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:36:45 +0000

Blip.tv does not allow sites like Magnify.net to profit from videos they host and I agree with their stands.

Eventually Youtube (when they figure out how to make a profit) will block sites like Magnify. When this happens all the other video hosts will follow. I am not against video aggregation, I just created my own video bookmarking and gallery service. I have decided to keep the video pages ad free in respect of video hosts who shell out millions a month in bandwidth. As for a business model, I have one and I know that I will have to be more creative then slapping unformatted ads around video

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:58:03 +0000

What I don’t understand is that it’s not YouTubes videos to begin with… they didn’t pay to produce them, market them or otherwise, they are just a repository of a bunch of user generated content - as such… what right do they have to limit the rights of others (including the one who produced the video) from generating income anymore then anybody else. If Youtube produced the content, sure, it’s THEIR copyright, if not, it goes back to the original producer of said content who may or may not have a problem with it (or more likely want a cut).

Jon

By: Hashim

Hashim — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:27:35 +0000

Magnify is breaking the terms of service for YouTube, and I would guess most other video hosts.

http://www.google.com/support/.....swer=71011

“We don’t want to discourage you from putting the occasional YouTube video in your blog to comment on it or show your readers a video you like, even if you have general purpose ads somewhere on your blog. We will, however, enforce our Terms of Use against, say, a website that does nothing more than aggregate a bunch of embedded YouTube videos and intentionally tries to generate ad revenue from them.”

By: Colin Klinkert

Colin Klinkert — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:58:59 +0000

Great,

Was looking for something like this