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	<title>Comments on: YouTube Cracks Down On Sexy, Spammy Videos And Ning Closes Its Red Light District</title>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-2/#comment-2581246</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ITs good that they are trying to class itself up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ITs good that they are trying to class itself up.</p>
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		<title>By: Matthew</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-2/#comment-2574951</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ebay&#039;s biggest profit center comes from their adult auctions section. Its hard as hell to find on the site but it generates alot of dough.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ebay&#8217;s biggest profit center comes from their adult auctions section. Its hard as hell to find on the site but it generates alot of dough.</p>
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		<title>By: The Ning Exodus Begins: Adult Networks, It&#8217;s Time To GTFO</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-2/#comment-2573662</link>
		<dc:creator>The Ning Exodus Begins: Adult Networks, It&#8217;s Time To GTFO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] eviction of Ning&#8217;s adult sites is in full swing. The actual shut down of the sites doesn&#8217;t happen until January 5 (extended [...]</description>
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		<title>By: RubberRebel</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2565389</link>
		<dc:creator>RubberRebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>2 points 
1-youtube deleted my account after I posted a video shot in a gay leather bar.  why am I pissed?
this video clip aired on national tv and met all the FCC Rules.  My messages to you tube went un answered as to why they were in violation.  Sounds like a witch hunt to me.

2- Ning.  I have run a site on ning for the past 2 years and paid for services they are shutting me down because we are a gay fetish site.  and we fall into their adult content..

They still have not relesed my media/content but just today they said it will happen next week but they dont know how.

their site has gotten a big hit of traffic from our sites, mine alone with over 24,000 members and a daily average of page hits of 110,000 as reported by google tell me that my traffic is helping them.

here is the big kicker that most of you dont know and Im sure that ning will continue to use this info to make money off of us.  they are deleting my site but the members accounts will still be in their data base, so MY 24,000 members will add to the total member count for ning.  seems like they are still making money off of my network.

So I advise all you ning site owners to have your members delete all ning accounts after you get your data so that they can see the error of their ways.

Just my 2 cents worth
RR</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2 points<br />
1-youtube deleted my account after I posted a video shot in a gay leather bar.  why am I pissed?<br />
this video clip aired on national tv and met all the FCC Rules.  My messages to you tube went un answered as to why they were in violation.  Sounds like a witch hunt to me.</p>
<p>2- Ning.  I have run a site on ning for the past 2 years and paid for services they are shutting me down because we are a gay fetish site.  and we fall into their adult content..</p>
<p>They still have not relesed my media/content but just today they said it will happen next week but they dont know how.</p>
<p>their site has gotten a big hit of traffic from our sites, mine alone with over 24,000 members and a daily average of page hits of 110,000 as reported by google tell me that my traffic is helping them.</p>
<p>here is the big kicker that most of you dont know and Im sure that ning will continue to use this info to make money off of us.  they are deleting my site but the members accounts will still be in their data base, so MY 24,000 members will add to the total member count for ning.  seems like they are still making money off of my network.</p>
<p>So I advise all you ning site owners to have your members delete all ning accounts after you get your data so that they can see the error of their ways.</p>
<p>Just my 2 cents worth<br />
RR</p>
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		<title>By: Harold Maass</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2558501</link>
		<dc:creator>Harold Maass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Erick,


I just wanted to let you know that THEWEEK.com linked to your article  today in a piece we wrote titled &#039;YouTube&#039;s new sex rules,&#039; (http://www.theweek.com/article/index/91339/3/YouTubes_new_sex_rules). We enjoyed reading your take on this subject.

Thanks, and all the best,
Harold Maass
Editor
THEWEEK.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Erick,</p>
<p>I just wanted to let you know that THEWEEK.com linked to your article  today in a piece we wrote titled &#8216;YouTube&#8217;s new sex rules,&#8217; (<a href="http://www.theweek.com/article/index/91339/3/YouTubes_new_sex_rules)" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.theweek.com/article/index/91339/3/YouTubes_new_sex_rules'>http://www.thew...s_new_sex_rules</a>). We enjoyed reading your take on this subject.</p>
<p>Thanks, and all the best,<br />
Harold Maass<br />
Editor<br />
THEWEEK.com</p>
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		<title>By: What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope. &#124; American News World - News And Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2557958</link>
		<dc:creator>What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope. &#124; American News World - News And Technology</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tuesday Ning changed its long standing policy on allowing networks that show pornography and adult material. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope. &#124; American News World - News And Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2557957</link>
		<dc:creator>What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope. &#124; American News World - News And Technology</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tuesday Ning changed its long standing policy on allowing networks that show pornography and adult material. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope. &#124; News Information Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2557825</link>
		<dc:creator>What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope. &#124; News Information Technology</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tuesday Ning changed its long standing policy on allowing networks that show pornography and adult material. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope.</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2557612</link>
		<dc:creator>What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tuesday Ning changed its long standing policy on allowing networks that show pornography and adult material. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope.</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2557611</link>
		<dc:creator>What Exactly Is Adult Content? Google Forces Ning Onto A Slippery Slope.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tuesday Ning changed its long standing policy on allowing networks that show pornography and adult material. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Norman</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2556625</link>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hmm........

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmm&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Pubblicare Video su YouTube: Nuove Regole e Restrizioni</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2556244</link>
		<dc:creator>Pubblicare Video su YouTube: Nuove Regole e Restrizioni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: YouTube Pulls Explicit, Spammy Videos</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2555927</link>
		<dc:creator>YouTube Pulls Explicit, Spammy Videos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Erick Schonfeld, &#8220;YouTube Cracks Down On Sexy, Spammy Videos And Ning Closes Its Red Light Dis...   Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Jessica</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2555593</link>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is about time!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is about time!</p>
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		<title>By: LC</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2555508</link>
		<dc:creator>LC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>rSitez (http://www.rsitez.com) is one of the leading white label social networking platform and a competitor to Ning. Because of this we have received a number of questions regarding Ning’s action to shut down its ‘Red Light District’ of adult sites. Questions have been mainly regarding our position on this topic. We have a different approach. Therefore, the following is where we stand on the subject. Check our blog

http://socialshakers.com/2008/12/03/ning-shut-down-adult-networks-sites-search-for-new-home/

Thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rSitez (<a href="http://www.rsitez.com" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.rsitez.com'>http://www.rsitez.com</a>) is one of the leading white label social networking platform and a competitor to Ning. Because of this we have received a number of questions regarding Ning’s action to shut down its ‘Red Light District’ of adult sites. Questions have been mainly regarding our position on this topic. We have a different approach. Therefore, the following is where we stand on the subject. Check our blog</p>
<p><a href="http://socialshakers.com/2008/12/03/ning-shut-down-adult-networks-sites-search-for-new-home/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://socialshakers.com/2008/12/03/ning-shut-down-adult-networks-sites-search-for-new-home/'>http://socialsh...h-for-new-home/</a></p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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		<title>By: dt</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554817</link>
		<dc:creator>dt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is a money thing, pure and simple. mainstream ads will bring in bigger bucks, but only if the naughty stuff is nixed. 

of course, youtube and ning built their initial audiences thanks to the naughty stuff. see my blog, &quot;today&#039;s internet is brought you by porn&quot; for more on what this really means.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/youtube_porn

cheers,

dt</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is a money thing, pure and simple. mainstream ads will bring in bigger bucks, but only if the naughty stuff is nixed. </p>
<p>of course, youtube and ning built their initial audiences thanks to the naughty stuff. see my blog, &#8220;today&#8217;s internet is brought you by porn&#8221; for more on what this really means.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/youtube_porn" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://blogs.computerworld.com/youtube_porn'>http://blogs.co...om/youtube_porn</a></p>
<p>cheers,</p>
<p>dt</p>
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		<title>By: Diamonds</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554794</link>
		<dc:creator>Diamonds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YouTube has been fighting sexy content from the start, to say that this is what made them for who they are is just plain stupid.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YouTube has been fighting sexy content from the start, to say that this is what made them for who they are is just plain stupid.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Merlott from Privacylover.com</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554736</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Merlott from Privacylover.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They could try and move out of the USA so there would be no government interference.

I suggest Somàlia as a new company base, where the only interference comes from sea pirates.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They could try and move out of the USA so there would be no government interference.</p>
<p>I suggest Somàlia as a new company base, where the only interference comes from sea pirates.</p>
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		<title>By: Oscar</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554538</link>
		<dc:creator>Oscar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>www.redtube.com, this is a real PornoTube...jejeje...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redtube.com" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.redtube.com'>http://www.redtube.com</a>, this is a real PornoTube&#8230;jejeje&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Keenan</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554519</link>
		<dc:creator>Keenan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe Chad got an awaking at YouTube live when &#039;whatthebuck&#039; claimed that these sort of videos were popular and that they made youtube.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe Chad got an awaking at YouTube live when &#8216;whatthebuck&#8217; claimed that these sort of videos were popular and that they made youtube.</p>
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		<title>By: technewspoint</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554379</link>
		<dc:creator>technewspoint</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Night Sexy Videos. Google team don&#039;t love to see you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Night Sexy Videos. Google team don&#8217;t love to see you</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554246</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh....that&#039;s bad (just kidding)

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh&#8230;.that&#8217;s bad (just kidding)</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; YouTube applica nuovi filtri e condizioni ai video sessualmente espliciti BestNotizie</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554145</link>
		<dc:creator>&#187; YouTube applica nuovi filtri e condizioni ai video sessualmente espliciti BestNotizie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: fitOlderMen</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554052</link>
		<dc:creator>fitOlderMen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is what Ning writes in their TOS
&lt;i&gt;&quot;Subject to this Agreement, as a Network Creator, you control your Social Network and own all of Your Code and Your Content.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
via &lt;a href=&quot;http://about.ning.com/tos.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ning: About: Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt;
The problem is that Ning has changed their APIs. There is no way to get &quot;your content&quot; out of the Ning system anymore. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/22/ning-shuts-down-premium-developer-widgetlaboratory/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;External developers&lt;/a&gt; who had solutions to do that have been removed from Ning. Right now network creators only can export member data via an CVS export. Content like videos and photos are stuck in the system for the time being.
Ning is suggesting in this blog post
&lt;i&gt;&quot;As part of this transition, we are exploring ways for adult networks that will no longer be available on Ning to export their content in addition to their members, which is &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3023&amp;p_created=1215721667&amp;p_sid=R*dgZjkj&amp;p_accessibility=0&amp;p_redirect=&amp;p_lva=&amp;p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NDA1LDQwNSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZXhwb3J0aW5nIG1lbWJlcnM*&amp;p_li=&amp;search_method=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;readily available today&lt;/a&gt; from the Manage Members page. As we make progress on the specifics, we’ll communicate them in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.ning.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ning Help Center&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;
Hopefully this problem will be solved bevore January 1st 2009. Otherwise adult network creators have &quot;owned&quot; content but never got a chance to &quot;get&quot; it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what Ning writes in their TOS<br />
<i>&#8220;Subject to this Agreement, as a Network Creator, you control your Social Network and own all of Your Code and Your Content.&#8221;</i><br />
via <a href="http://about.ning.com/tos.php" rel="nofollow">Ning: About: Terms of Service</a><br />
The problem is that Ning has changed their APIs. There is no way to get &#8220;your content&#8221; out of the Ning system anymore. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/22/ning-shuts-down-premium-developer-widgetlaboratory/" rel="nofollow">External developers</a> who had solutions to do that have been removed from Ning. Right now network creators only can export member data via an CVS export. Content like videos and photos are stuck in the system for the time being.<br />
Ning is suggesting in this blog post<br />
<i>&#8220;As part of this transition, we are exploring ways for adult networks that will no longer be available on Ning to export their content in addition to their members, which is <a href="http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3023&amp;p_created=1215721667&amp;p_sid=R*dgZjkj&amp;p_accessibility=0&amp;p_redirect=&amp;p_lva=&amp;p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NDA1LDQwNSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZXhwb3J0aW5nIG1lbWJlcnM*&amp;p_li=&amp;search_method=" rel="nofollow">readily available today</a> from the Manage Members page. As we make progress on the specifics, we’ll communicate them in the <a href="http://help.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">Ning Help Center</a>.&#8221;</i><br />
Hopefully this problem will be solved bevore January 1st 2009. Otherwise adult network creators have &#8220;owned&#8221; content but never got a chance to &#8220;get&#8221; it.</p>
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		<title>By: Rev Mel</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/02/youtube-cracks-down-on-sexy-spammy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-2554021</link>
		<dc:creator>Rev Mel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=31439#comment-2554021</guid>
		<description>First of all sorry about my last post with all the typos, guess I was really upset about ning closing down all adults social network sites. So many of us have been living and breathing our ability to create a site that deals with adult topics and the freedom to express ourselves like an adult.  

When you get up at 9 am and go to sleep at 4 am in the morning everyday because your working creating a site that does a lot of good in helping adults understand alternative adults lifestyles. Then to find out that you have less then 30 days and it&#039;s all going to be gone it would upset anyone. 

I have contacted Ning by phone and by e-mail and I have not been able to get any answers on how to get our content and the code so we can try to find some how to keep our site going.

 But I did find this on one of the Ning forums. 

Reply by Tim 3 minutes ago
    The Ning Blog isn&#039;t very specific about what constitutes adult content, so I wrote to request clarification. Their definition in the reply goes way beyond images and videos.

    Adult content includes, but isn’t limited to:
    · Pornography
    · Depictions of sexual acts
    · Sexually explicit or obscene themes

    The inclusion of sexually-explicit themes is going to hit a lot of networks which aren&#039;t usually dumped into the &quot;adult&quot; category. LGBT networks, HIV/AIDS support and education networks, relationship guidance, art, literature and many more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all sorry about my last post with all the typos, guess I was really upset about ning closing down all adults social network sites. So many of us have been living and breathing our ability to create a site that deals with adult topics and the freedom to express ourselves like an adult.  </p>
<p>When you get up at 9 am and go to sleep at 4 am in the morning everyday because your working creating a site that does a lot of good in helping adults understand alternative adults lifestyles. Then to find out that you have less then 30 days and it&#8217;s all going to be gone it would upset anyone. </p>
<p>I have contacted Ning by phone and by e-mail and I have not been able to get any answers on how to get our content and the code so we can try to find some how to keep our site going.</p>
<p> But I did find this on one of the Ning forums. </p>
<p>Reply by Tim 3 minutes ago<br />
    The Ning Blog isn&#8217;t very specific about what constitutes adult content, so I wrote to request clarification. Their definition in the reply goes way beyond images and videos.</p>
<p>    Adult content includes, but isn’t limited to:<br />
    · Pornography<br />
    · Depictions of sexual acts<br />
    · Sexually explicit or obscene themes</p>
<p>    The inclusion of sexually-explicit themes is going to hit a lot of networks which aren&#8217;t usually dumped into the &#8220;adult&#8221; category. LGBT networks, HIV/AIDS support and education networks, relationship guidance, art, literature and many more.</p>
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