Open sesame
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gwynOff and on for a while now, I've considered getting rid of the password for my vids site (and also considering getting rid of the vids site altogether and just using megaupload or something similar, since I honestly don't think I get enough hits to warrant spending that kind of money for vids hosting anymore). But I waffle back and forth on it.
Nothing like what happened with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
killabeez recently on YouTube, or any of the other stealing/posting on YT/hotlinking/whatever, is very likely to ever happen to me. I know people probably say, mais non! But honestly, so few people even know about my vids that I can't see this happening the way it happens to popular vidders -- those of us who fly way under the radar of most fans are just not going to get noticed.
Partly, I like the control over seeing who gets in or not. If something seems suspicious, I can simply not send out the PW. And I don't think it's going to increase traffic in any way whatsoever to remove it; the times I give my password out with the post have not resulted in any greater DL stats than the times I don't. Sometimes I wonder if I even care anymore; the threat of the RIAA/ASCAP/BMI is still a scary one to me, but I'm not that out there. It seems like people who are more public, more rec'd, more visible are the ones who get hit with C&Ds.
But it's a daunting prospect -- I'll need to zip every single one of my something like 25 or more vids, and I don't really relish all that copying from backups on disc and reuploading, which will take me weeks. I wouldn't want to put them up unpassword-protected without zipping them. (That said -- does anyone know of free zipping software for Macs? I will have to pay $25 for the Stuffit zipper if I start using it, and right now, with the full copper repipe and other projects, I just don't want to do that, so some freeware or shareware with a lower cost would be fantastic.)
I don't know what I feel about it. I talked with killabeez a bit this weekend about how she felt about stuff, and I can't say I disagree with her belief that once it's out there, there's not much you can do about stuff being... out there. I don't want to get ripped off or sued or anything else, but the likelihood of that happening to me is so low I guess it doesn't seem worth it anymore.
I'd love to hear your opinions. I didn't do a poll because it seemed unnecessary, but I can provide ticky boxes if anyone really really wants them. But here are my options:
- Leave it as is, since many people already have the PW, and it's safer
- When the next web host vids site payment is due, don't renew and start using a temp site for your new vids (meaning the older vids would go away)
- Take off the password, but keep the vids site
Nothing like what happened with
killabeez recently on YouTube, or any of the other stealing/posting on YT/hotlinking/whatever, is very likely to ever happen to me. I know people probably say, mais non! But honestly, so few people even know about my vids that I can't see this happening the way it happens to popular vidders -- those of us who fly way under the radar of most fans are just not going to get noticed.Partly, I like the control over seeing who gets in or not. If something seems suspicious, I can simply not send out the PW. And I don't think it's going to increase traffic in any way whatsoever to remove it; the times I give my password out with the post have not resulted in any greater DL stats than the times I don't. Sometimes I wonder if I even care anymore; the threat of the RIAA/ASCAP/BMI is still a scary one to me, but I'm not that out there. It seems like people who are more public, more rec'd, more visible are the ones who get hit with C&Ds.
But it's a daunting prospect -- I'll need to zip every single one of my something like 25 or more vids, and I don't really relish all that copying from backups on disc and reuploading, which will take me weeks. I wouldn't want to put them up unpassword-protected without zipping them. (That said -- does anyone know of free zipping software for Macs? I will have to pay $25 for the Stuffit zipper if I start using it, and right now, with the full copper repipe and other projects, I just don't want to do that, so some freeware or shareware with a lower cost would be fantastic.)
I don't know what I feel about it. I talked with killabeez a bit this weekend about how she felt about stuff, and I can't say I disagree with her belief that once it's out there, there's not much you can do about stuff being... out there. I don't want to get ripped off or sued or anything else, but the likelihood of that happening to me is so low I guess it doesn't seem worth it anymore.
I'd love to hear your opinions. I didn't do a poll because it seemed unnecessary, but I can provide ticky boxes if anyone really really wants them. But here are my options:
- Leave it as is, since many people already have the PW, and it's safer
- When the next web host vids site payment is due, don't renew and start using a temp site for your new vids (meaning the older vids would go away)
- Take off the password, but keep the vids site
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Date: 2006-08-21 05:11 pm (UTC)And now I have to find out what Making Light is!
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Date: 2006-08-23 06:46 pm (UTC)"Off and on for a while now, I've considered getting rid of the password for my vids site..."
I'm saying, don't *completely* get rid of it. Keep a password -- it makes people go through your front page, and that way it's ready to go in case something bad/strange happens.
But, make it less of a big deal. A recent survey on (I think) thefourthvine's page showed that 40% of fans will just not dl a vid if they have to ask for the password first.
So, putting the password on the front page is the best of both worlds. The protection is still there if you need it, but it's not the in way when you don't need it.
Is that any clearer? It's kind of a weird concept, so don't worry if it still seems senseless. We can talk more at the bash. (This is my RSVP, since yahoo's hating on me recently.)
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Date: 2006-08-23 06:48 pm (UTC)http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/
and many of their friends. It has a great comment section, and most of the people who comment there are literate and interesting (and can spell!!!). Seriously, it's the rare Internet site that never seems to get spammed by idiots. Lots of talk about writing and editing and sf -- but lots of general stuff too.