MySpace Photobucket ban
p2pnet.net news:- Photo-sharing site Photobucket says MySpace is not only blocking users from posting their videos and remixes to their MySpace pages, it’s also removing them.
“This action by MySpace means that all of the videos and remixes you created will no longer show up on your MySpace profile and comments section,” says Photobucket, going on:
We are not happy about this and we’re pretty sure you’re not happy either. We appreciate that you have invested hundreds of thousands of hours using the editing, remixing and management tools and features available only on Photobucket. In particular, you’ve all been really embracing videos at Photobucket – to the tune of 50,000 video uploads a day, which is great. Rest assured that your content is being kept safe in your Photobucket album even though it may disappear from your MySpace pages.”
We believe that by limiting your ability to personalize your pages with content from any source, MySpace is contradicting the very belief of personal and social media. MySpace became successful because of the creativity of you, its users, and because it offered a forum for self-expression. By severely restricting this freedom, MySpace is showing that it considers you as a commodity which it can treat as it sees fit.
But, it states, “photos can still be posted from Photobucket to MySpace. This action by MySpace appears to only affect videos and remixes.”
In a statement, “MySpace said it encouraged users to embed third-party materials as long as they complied with the site’s terms of service,” says Associated Press, adding:
“Although MySpace’s complaint is over a slideshow promoting the upcoming ‘Spider-Man’ movie, the company could identify and block the Web address only for all video and slideshows, including those that comply with the MySpace policies.”
Also See:
Photobucket – Posting from Photobucket to MySpace, April 10, 2007
sAssociated Press – MySpace Blocks Some Photobucket Content, April 12, 2007
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April 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
MySpace is only serving as an industry ‘fall guy’.
The REAL culprit is the Movie industry, that insists on
threatening sites like MySpace, and it’s users, for what
amounts to FREE PROMOTION of their film.
Don’t Blame MySpace, Blame corporate Hollywood.
Show your displeasure by staying out of the theater
when Spiderman comes to your neighborhood.