tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post9188517266814480157..comments2024-02-27T04:59:55.212-05:00Comments on For Some Value of "Magic": Blip.tv Deletes Python ContentStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-84620811138449481682014-03-20T15:50:34.990-04:002014-03-20T15:50:34.990-04:00@balasz - From the comments on here it seems like ...@balasz - From the comments on here it seems like Blip are still Python-friendly, so it might be worth inquiring. Sorry your comment languished so long unpublished.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-57603287846926613402014-01-13T08:35:07.297-05:002014-01-13T08:35:07.297-05:00At least I kept the Plone Conference 2009 video or...At least I kept the Plone Conference 2009 video originals on a hard drive. Who would have thought that they wouldn't be safe in the cloud, right? <br /><br />We were even subscribers on blip.tv for a year or so. So this is a site where technical content is not welcome, even if you were a paying customer. Well...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07866801108467986915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-8187746824231232942014-01-06T10:30:36.022-05:002014-01-06T10:30:36.022-05:00Hi, one of the pyvideo helpers here: If you have v...Hi, one of the pyvideo helpers here: If you have videos that were not on pyvideo, but you still have access to the material, you may want to comment here in <a href="https://github.com/willkg/pyvideo/issues/37" rel="nofollow">issue 37</a>.skmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466202005527367473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-45894262582843601872014-01-04T09:58:02.682-05:002014-01-04T09:58:02.682-05:00I'm beginning to wonder. Maybe the content is ...I'm beginning to wonder. Maybe the content is still there somewhere. Perhaps we need a specific list of deleted content (which I certainly don't have). I am very glad to see that PyCon content appears to be intact. Maybe the other stuff is also available somewhere.<br /><br />If you are looking for specific pieces of content, please make an inquiry at <a href="http://support.blip.tv/entries/23277196-An-Important-Update-from-Blip-Regarding-Account-Removals" rel="nofollow">Blip Producer Support</a>. They are claiming to value Python materials, so maybe it's just the indexing that's at fault?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-52954421697398259812014-01-04T04:26:55.350-05:002014-01-04T04:26:55.350-05:00They have also removed the Plone Conference 2010 v...They have also removed the Plone Conference 2010 videos as well :(<br /><br />-Matt Matt Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016352698519956990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-64321117507199156712014-01-04T03:31:11.170-05:002014-01-04T03:31:11.170-05:00Write to the NSA to get the deleted videos back. t...Write to the NSA to get the deleted videos back. they keep a backup ;-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242074180349968836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-8514208222294665482014-01-03T21:24:30.626-05:002014-01-03T21:24:30.626-05:00Hi, there's some other blip technical conferen...Hi, there's some other blip technical conferences here:<br /><a rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/PyconUsVideos200920102011</a><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/MontrealPython</a><br /><br />Hope those are some of the ones you're looking for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-74721802836336134692014-01-03T20:28:33.879-05:002014-01-03T20:28:33.879-05:00O'Reilly Media got bit by this, too. From the...O'Reilly Media got bit by this, too. From their TOS:<br /><br />"Videos that are not part of a high quality, original episodic web series can be removed at Blip’s sole discretion. Examples of content considered inconsistent with Blip’s definition of high quality, original episodic web series can include but are not limited to sermons, speeches, slide shows, webinars, screencasts, gameplay footage, tutorials, walkthroughs, meetings (corporate, community or government), personal (home movies, weddings, parties, vacations, etc.), music videos and content produced for other mediums (television, film, radio). Each episode must consist of original content created by the account holder."<br /><br />They're stepping back from being a generic video hosting service (a-la YouTube). I guess we all missed the notification of the warning period as mentioned in their announcement: "In most cases, accounts that don’t fit this description are given a warning period so that they might find a more suitable hosting solution."<br /><br />Buggeration.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483200470524941518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-2086959511387633202014-01-03T20:27:59.268-05:002014-01-03T20:27:59.268-05:00O'Reilly Media got bit by this, too. From the...O'Reilly Media got bit by this, too. From their TOS:<br /><br />"Videos that are not part of a high quality, original episodic web series can be removed at Blip’s sole discretion. Examples of content considered inconsistent with Blip’s definition of high quality, original episodic web series can include but are not limited to sermons, speeches, slide shows, webinars, screencasts, gameplay footage, tutorials, walkthroughs, meetings (corporate, community or government), personal (home movies, weddings, parties, vacations, etc.), music videos and content produced for other mediums (television, film, radio). Each episode must consist of original content created by the account holder."<br /><br />They're stepping back from being a generic video hosting service (a-la YouTube). I guess we all missed the notification of the warning period as mentioned in their announcement: "In most cases, accounts that don’t fit this description are given a warning period so that they might find a more suitable hosting solution."<br /><br />Buggeration.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483200470524941518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-51007330123687540012014-01-03T18:13:37.594-05:002014-01-03T18:13:37.594-05:00Steve,
If you've already got a dialogue with ...Steve,<br /><br />If you've already got a dialogue with them going, ask about the Plone content they used to have. I know that my Plone Conference 2008 videos seem to be gone.kcunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641419717110221695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-56064198050289733862014-01-03T18:06:52.079-05:002014-01-03T18:06:52.079-05:00Further communication from Blip.tv:
Blip Support ...Further communication from Blip.tv:<br /><br />Blip Support Agent, Jan 03 04:37 PM:<br />Hello,<br /><br />Can you tell us what Python related content is no longer available?<br /><br />We're very supportive of the Python ( and all OSS ) communities and specifically left this account open as a service to the community:<br /><br /><a href="http://blip.tv/pycon-us-videos-2009-2010-2011" rel="nofollow">http://blip.tv/pycon-us-videos-2009-2010-2011</a><br /><br />If other community content was removed, we can look in to it further. We need to know the account name or video links, though.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Blip Support<br /><br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-44026377248006847622014-01-03T16:34:01.119-05:002014-01-03T16:34:01.119-05:00They removed a couple years of Cassandra Summit vi...They removed a couple years of Cassandra Summit videos too. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to restore the lost content but it's definitely no thanks to their bad faith.Jonathan Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003648392946638242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-56239109865943733012014-01-03T15:15:15.347-05:002014-01-03T15:15:15.347-05:00They played the same trick on a bunch of video rec...They played the same trick on a bunch of video recorded during the Nuxeo World conference 5 years ago.<br /><br />We had some less than pleasant exchanges with them and I wrote them off as a bunch of crooks.<br /><br />There is a life lesson in this, though: don't trust anyone with your documents, your videos or your data. Always keep a backup, and a backup's backup, in a safe place.<br /><br /> S.Stefane Fermigierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14981533016226203144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-2970591954533365462014-01-03T15:07:04.136-05:002014-01-03T15:07:04.136-05:00It looks like the Python community may have got lu...It looks like the Python community may have got lucky this time, at least regarding the PyCon videos:<br /><br />https://archive.org/details/PyconUsVideos200920102011David Boddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-12608263326207404782014-01-03T14:46:50.747-05:002014-01-03T14:46:50.747-05:00They did the same last year with videos posted by ...They did the same last year with videos posted by the Clojure community last year...<br /><br />https://twitter.com/richhickey/status/279210140425674754Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-24568975355004756492014-01-03T11:54:36.397-05:002014-01-03T11:54:36.397-05:00They also removed the videos of PythonBrasil witho...They also removed the videos of PythonBrasil without notice. <br /><br />Unfortunately we no longer had the original videos to put on another place. We lost dozens of presentations of PythonBrazil that, as you know, is the largest Python conference in Latin America.<br /><br />At the time they gave me the same answers they gave to you.Osvaldo Santana Netohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05994540293567586147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-44544272585757146232014-01-03T11:52:09.900-05:002014-01-03T11:52:09.900-05:00They also removed the videos of PythonBrasil witho...They also removed the videos of PythonBrasil without notice. <br /><br />Unfortunately we no longer had the original videos to put on another place. We lost dozens of presentations of PythonBrazil that, as you know, is the largest Python conference in Latin America.<br /><br />At the time they gave me the same answers they gave to you.Osvaldo Santana Netohttp://osantana.menoreply@blogger.com