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This site is made by the same guy as brandcurrency.co.uk (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563441 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563441 - "Marketer ra

This site is made by the same guy as brandcurrency.co.uk (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563441 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563441 - "Marketer rakes £25k Profit I'm So Jealous I'm Giving Up Developing Apps"). I noticed because the video on this website stops after a couple of minutes and asks for a payment the same way as his "Outrank negative reviews on Google" video. http://webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=brandcurrency.co.uk&WHOIS+Submit.x=0&WHOIS+Submit.y=0 http://webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=brandcurrency... http://webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=hackersden.co.uk&WHOIS+Submit.x=0&WHOIS+Submit.y=0 http://webwhois.nic.uk/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=hackersden.co... For me it seems he (username HNer) wants to make money with his Flash video payment service (karsa.co.uk), which aborts videos and asks users to pay for resuming. http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=HNer http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=HNer There was an interesting discussion in the techcrunch comments about the security of this karsa solution, where the author failed to address the security concerns: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/07/20/karsa-flash-payer-offers-bait-and-switch-model-for-video-monetization/?replytocom=409994#comment-410658 http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/07/20/karsa-flash-payer-offers... Edit: The last paragraph is incorrect -- I've mistakenly attributed the techcrunch comments to karsa, but apparently the security concerns were about a competitor.

HNer 16y ago
The payment app is located here: http://karsa.co.uk http://karsa.co.uk I just put this up quickly as an example. It could use any Flash player as we all can decide.
- metachris 16y ago
  I watched the video and it aborted after a couple of minutes asking me to pay. Why are you doing that on this website?
  - deleted 16y ago
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    - goatforce5 16y ago
      I'm thoroughly impressed you got a license to display BBC content on your website. I've heard they can be tricky to deal with.
  - HNer 16y ago
    I limited the video to demonstrate how the concept could be commercialized. I have now lifted the limited viewing period.
- fatguy 16y ago
  so this is the comment you made about your own product ? >"I have paid the to see the last part of the video and it is a legitimate technique." (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563693 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563693)
HNer 16y ago
You are quite incorrect, the fact is someone called Jack from another company who tried hijack that TC post and pitch his own payment solution to someone interested in the Karsa solution. That 'competitor' offered a plugin for other open video apps was then 'taken to task' about the security of their system and it was him and their system which failed to address the security concerns raised. NOT the Karsa Player....

HNer 16y ago

The payment app is located here: http://karsa.co.uk http://karsa.co.uk I just put this up quickly as an example. It could use any Flash player as we all can decide.

metachris 16y ago
I watched the video and it aborted after a couple of minutes asking me to pay. Why are you doing that on this website?
- deleted 16y ago
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  - goatforce5 16y ago
    I'm thoroughly impressed you got a license to display BBC content on your website. I've heard they can be tricky to deal with.
- HNer 16y ago
  I limited the video to demonstrate how the concept could be commercialized. I have now lifted the limited viewing period.
fatguy 16y ago
so this is the comment you made about your own product ? >"I have paid the to see the last part of the video and it is a legitimate technique." (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563693 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1563693)

HNer 16y ago

You are quite incorrect, the fact is someone called Jack from another company who tried hijack that TC post and pitch his own payment solution to someone interested in the Karsa solution. That 'competitor' offered a plugin for other open video apps was then 'taken to task' about the security of their system and it was him and their system which failed to address the security concerns raised. NOT the Karsa Player....