Then it’s polite to ask first. And illegal not to.
Yet that’s exactly what the pisspoor banvuvuzela.com has done. Illustrating their site with my video.
Without asking.
And what’s more, it’s promoting a cause which I wholeheartedly disagree with – namely a pathetic and pointless campaign to ban vuvuzelas from the FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa next year. Well, I say that – in actual fact it’s a poorly designed, atrociously coded effort to attract hits and get people to click on their ads. So don’t.
But down the bottom there? That’s my video of the teams emerging from the tunnel at Newlands on the 9th September 2007 – celebrating the vuvzela, which was enjoyed by everyone at one of the most multiracial events I have ever attended in SA. There is no way I would ever have agreed to have my video on their site. Even if they’d bothered to ask.
“They”, by the way, is Mr Hilton Preston of Montagu in the Western Cape. He and his Mrs (Ronel) run a little self-catering place in that sleepy hollow, as well as him wasting his time devising silly online petitions. If you should want their phone number, email or even home address, I’m happy to supply them.
Incidentally, I was alerted to the site by Rob Vember on 5fm last night. He advocates boycotting the businesses that advertise on the site as being a good way of showing one’s displeasure. I would agree, but I would also ask you to take the time to email the businesses concerned and tell them what you are doing and why.
Just DON’T CLICK ON THE ADS to get there – that will only benefit copyright thief Preston, who says in his disclaimer that he:
…owns the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website.
Ooh – you liar!
Now, I could go in all guns blazing, but I won’t. Rather let’s use the softly, softly approach here. Having posted this, I’m going to use YouTube to annotate my video – put little pop-up messages on there. That way, the video remains on banvuvuzela.com, but I get to put my message(s) across. I don’t know how long it will last on there, but it’ll be fun while it does. Oh, and thanks to BoastBoy for his advice on this.
However, if you don’t want to give Mr Preston any more traffic, you can always just watch the video here. And I will be putting the annotated version on this post once I have annotated it. Done:
Viva Vuvuzela! Viva!
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Enjoyed the messages…. You should add more.
Maybe… Mr Preston is a ponce?
Oh.. and maybe take the direct link to his site out of the text of this post – Its in the first line and too tempting not to click on.
Who knew those little plastic creations would lead to so much entertainment?
Can’t wait for the annotations
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Oh there it is!
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Awesome idea for payback
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Jpd > Softly softly, remember? I don’t want to end up on the wrong end of a libel suit.
And re: the link, I thought long and hard about it – but no – I want people to be able to see it in context. Even if they vote in their millions, it’s a pointless exercise.
Goblin > We aim to please. But you knew that anyway.
Acidicice > Schneeky!
I see he does call it a “video sample.”
You are quit clever with that little pop-up messages!
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Agree he should not have used your video without permission, but have to disagree with you regarding the vivuzela!! What a g-darn awful noise!
Emil > I’m very clever. Believe it, because it’s true.
Val > So do you usually go to footy matches for the peace and quiet then, Val?
It must be true because I believe it.
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Yep, he has replaced your video with one from ESPN. Good to see that he is getting some serious voters and no spam at all!
“ozan safak (Turkey)
brandon swan (United Kingdom)
muhammet (Turkey)
kick vuvuzela out of football (Turkey)
kendi çizdiði kadýna bakýp otuzbir çeken adam (Turkey)
Niels (South Africa)
Vaughan Rautenbach (South Africa)
John Oxley (New Zealand)
Huynh Phu Khanh (Netherlands)
fuck african football culture (Turkey”
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Oh, and I really enjoyed this part of the disclaimer too:
“G. Law and jurisdiction
This disclaimer will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to this disclaimer will be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.”
So where did he ‘steal’ this piece of intellectual property from?
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And now I believe he’s changed the vid. Stolen someone else’s.
But those mikeandmike@espn.com really annoyed me. (Arrogant Americans like that usually do).
Totally behind the vuvuzela too!
my my, how easy it is to step on someone’s toes these days. I will start by apologising for the use of your video, I replaced it the second I saw your message.
My understanding is that if YouTube offers one to embed a video, that it is available for anyone to use. Also, when I first found the video, I was under the impression you were also against it, clearly I was wrong.
We come from very different views here, which is great, each to his own! I must thank you however for sending so many people to my site, my referal system shows most of them actually voted.
I am in no frame of mind to start an online war, I have better things to do. So once again, sorry, and good luck promoting the vuvuzela! Enjoy the World Cup!
Emil > You’ll believe anything!
Delboy > I have to say, I’ve always respected the views of Turkey’s finest footy blogger “fuck african football culture” before now. I find myself disappointed.
And re: the disclaimer – part of it is under Californian law, part under English and Welsh. None of it under Sharia law, thank goodness.
Blind Cripple > The ESPN guys are perfect for the site. Because much like banvuvuzela.com, no-one actually gives a toss what they think.
Hilton > Welcome to the 6000 miles… family. Agreed that what is on youtube is happily embeddable, but politeness or a little resarch (ie. looking at the description of the video on youtube) would have led you to ask, ne?
I recognise that we come from different viewpoints and also, I applaud that difference. Especially as I’ve already won this battle by having FIFA, the LOC and SAFA firmly in my camp. Get as many votes as you want – currently you haven’t even managed to match the smallest Confederation Cup attendance. Even if you get a million, it won’t make a jot of difference.
So I’m glad you have better things to do with your time, although your previous behaviour doesn’t really support this. But as I have noted in this post – this isn’t about getting vote against the vuvuzela, it’s about getting hits on your ads, isn’t it?
I hope that you, too, enjoy the World Cup. Just presumably with the sound turned down.
Viva Vuvuzela! Viva!
6000, you make a mountain out of a molehill.
If you don’t want your video being embedded on websites around the internet, then don’t upload them to YouTube and make them public. Upload to your own server. Otherwise, deal with it and stop bitching and moaning.
Methinks you’re making a scene to generate traffic – the same thing you’re accusing the guy in question of (not that I agree with his stance).
CuppaCoffee > Or maybe, if you’re going to put them on YouTube, clearly state something like:
“http://www.6000.co.za
Newlands, Cape Town. 9th Sept 2007.
The teams take the field to a cacophony of vuvuzelas.
Please contact me and get my permission before using this video on your website. Thank you.”
As I did.
Meh – I don’t need to generate traffic – I don’t have budgets to meet or people to please. I write about what I want and this what I wanted to write about.
Thanks for reading – why not click on an advert on your way out?
Like I said, upload to your own server or make your YouTube uploads private. YouTube is public space no matter what messages you insert.
What an idiot! And am with you – leave the Vuvuzela alone! CuppaCoffe we come here because we like what 6k writes about.
I am not sure if you are being satirical, satanic or serious with this. But I am having great fun reading the comments.
Perhaps CuppaCoffee has hit on the truth. If you do not want your stuff being used, do not put it in the public domain. Alas, the comments your video received is still a laugh-a-minute.
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CuppaCoffee > “Netiquette” suggests it would have been nice to at least ask. But you’re taking this far too seriously.
This whole thing has been good humoured and written with a smile on my face. Compare and contrast that with my Woolies campaign. (ongoing behind the scenes)
AngeG > Thank you. But CuppaCoffee is here because s/he likes what I write about too. Vive le difference. And Viva the Vuvu as well.
Emil > Just that Hilton was a bit rude and that I didn’t want my video used for those purposes.
80% satirical, 10% serious, 10% satanic.
(I’ve been trying to get rid of my devilish streak, but it keeps coming back.)
“CuppaCoffee > “Netiquette” suggests it would have been nice to at least ask. But you’re taking this far too seriously.
This whole thing has been good humoured and written with a smile on my face. ”
Back-stepping, I see.
Nice.
Shall we dance?
CuppaCoffee > Based on the fact that I have his home address and his and his wife’s cellphone numbers, I could have gone a whole lot further if I’d wanted to – especially as I am close friends (not like that) with Big Jannie out in Montagu.
No. This was just a bit of fun with mild irritation that someone was a bit impolite.
Regarding the dancing, no thank you – Jannie wouldn’t like that (he’s very possessive).
“Based on the fact that I have his home address and his and his wife’s cellphone numbers, I could have gone a whole lot further if I’d wanted to”
Which of course you would never have done, knowing full well that you’d end up looking like a fool (because your video was used without your permission, regardless of personal messages inserted into it, after uploading it to a public video sharing website).
CuppaCoffee > I sense that you’ve made a fool of yourself before. And not just here on 6000 miles…
No. I didn’t “take it any further” because it really wasn’t THAT important.
Way to fight back!
Now if I could just get that godawful ringing noise out my ears after watching that video…. Jokes.
I agree, leave the Vuvezela alone.
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OL > heh heh! I recognise it’s not to everyone’s tastes, but you can’t just remove an icon of SA soccer just cos you switched on and you don’t like it.
The heading of this article is “Using my video” and that seems to be the issue, right? If you select the option to make your video public, the embed code is there for anyone to use. And it is not illegal. Either make it public, or upload it to your server and then link it to your site.
What is illegal though, is you asking people to click on adverts – even if you jokingly refer to it. Go read the Youtube terms and conditions and then for good measure, your AdSense terms and conditions.
Just some friendly advice.
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sorry @6000, you are wrong on this one,
explained here…
http://businessvideoblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/who-owns-your-youtube-videos.html
in short you own the video, but you’ve made it public domain, netiquette or not, anyone can embed it – of course they get your little messages as well
but ya, seriously, who cares, vuvuzelas sound great, I’m going to wake up central florida every morning with one from now on
griffin > Thanks for clearing that up. Well aware of the issues surrounding it. Even if it wasn’t legally wrong, it was morally illegal. And damn rude – which (in my book) should be illegal.
Alex > Shh! Case closed. Vuvuzelas here to stay.
And what did Big Jannie have to say?