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Take this just-posted PBS segment on video games: http://vimeo.com/31155800 http://vimeo.com/31155800 . PBS didn't make the games shown in the clip; should Vim
by matthew-wegner 15y ago
Take this just-posted PBS segment on video games: http://vimeo.com/31155800 http://vimeo.com/31155800 . PBS didn't make the games shown in the clip; should Vimeo block it?
And the recent trigger here was the 586 games submitted to the Independent Games Festival (http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2012.php http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2012.php). Many entrants used Vimeo to host their trailers. Every single game trailer was created and uploaded by the game creators, yet many accounts were removed.
I understand Vimeo's position on people posting footage of their WoW raids, Counter-Strike matches, and so on, but blocking indie game devs from posting their own trailers and videos? This behavior is incongruent with their stated desire to support creators. And for what? Because they work in games and not films (or indeed, even films about games: http://vimeo.com/indiegame http://vimeo.com/indiegame)?
- baddox 15y agoPerhaps they realize that game content poses a legal threat, so they ban all game content rather than individually try to verify the ownership of each video.
- wnight 15y agoVideos of game content pose as much of a (real) legal threat as wearing Nike shoes while having your picture taken. If you don't intend people be able to screenshot the work, don't sell it on a computer. Perhaps in the days of Quake 1 this wasn't expected, but it is now.