On the genipool topic:
Watching pool online is way too hard. I will not install obscure software, and I do not have Windows. Give me a resonable subscription and I might buy that. If I can access all videos whenever I like, also older ones. And yes, only a browser muss suffice.
The pool world needs to unite and embrace youtube, by using their payed content system.
One location, familiar web interface, all videos. Finito.
Start making stable money with a proven approach and stop being melodramatic about everything. In the end also it's just "spectator sports of something that has already taken place",
so the money has already been made.
It's strange to think that a lot of money can be made AFTER the actual event?
It's also something we a humans are wired to - nobody will pay a lot (attention, craving, money) after the fact.
To be very blunt right from the start and have an open and objective discussion: I have little sympathy for you when you talk about "stolen" and "hassle to get them removed".
And I think we need to adress this.
First off, nothing was stolen. You did not lose money out of your wallet, you did not lose your tapes. There was a copyright violation.
Somebody opened up a market (the free market) you did not address, and used ads to make some money.
Second, it's good that it's a hassle to get content removed. Fair use is a strong principle (i.e. showing parts and discussion them) and needs to be preserved at all costs for our society.
Your case was not fair use, obviously, so rightfully again, you did file a complaint, it was checked and processed, and the offending material removed.
This is how it generally works in life. You also need to take care about your business.
Now we need to talk about mind set.
It's absolute ridiculous to think that in this day and age you posses a unique thing that everybody will line up and pay for that (again, it's just a copy!).
Since the Internet is broadly available (abstract, written, ...) knowledge is essentially free. It's the dream we had with free libraries that has now truly come true.
I'm not sure if anybody realizes what this really means! Access to knowledge finally is free, no matter where and who you are, and you yourself can learn just about any skill if you please.
So, now again to your video:
- Did you have free parts of your video available so people could check if the whole video would fit their expectations?
- Do you offer free videos supported by ads? That's the market you are not adressing.
Again it's the market you are missing. It's not the 80s anymore and it's just ridiculous to think you can make money with a video in our day and age.
Nowadays the videos and books are free, and you make money with you as a person, the instructor, the personal touch and the attention to the buyers needs = personal lessons.
This issue is different when we talk about actual theft of a physical thing, i.e. a car.
Because the effects of this a completely different!
If my car could be instantly cloned and the other person would drive off in HIS clone, then I couldn't care less about that, as long as my physical possesion stays.
Cheers,
M
