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Video Link Help?

by tomnev777
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I have a video link that my competition keeps hacking and it causes the video message "Were Sorry, this video is no longer available" on You Tube. How can I fix the link and hack proof it with security so my competition does not break the link?

Any one know how to secure the video link on a web page?
#link #video
  • Profile picture of the author rwil02
    You are saying that your competition is illegally hacking your web server and compromising web pages that you display?

    Or they are causing the video you link to on YouTube to be moved to a differrent URL than the one you link to, or removed altogether?
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  • Profile picture of the author rwil02
    Then the answer would be that you can't.
    All you would have to do to get it taken down at YouTube would be to make a complaint I think.

    Since you can't control things at YouTube, the only real fix would be to host the video yourself.
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    • Profile picture of the author kettlewell
      Another option would be to host with a different service... I saw that Gary Vaynerchcuk of Winelibrarytv was using Viddler, so I went that route.... Not sure if the hackable is different or not, but it's worth a shot, and a heck of a lot cheaper than hosting your own videos....
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    • Profile picture of the author tomnev777
      Thanks rwil02.
      So do I have to ask permission to host the video myself If I don't own it?

      Originally Posted by rwil02 View Post

      Then the answer would be that you can't.
      All you would have to do to get it taken down at YouTube would be to make a complaint I think.

      Since you can't control things at YouTube, the only real fix would be to host the video yourself.
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      • Profile picture of the author YellowDot Software
        Originally Posted by tomnev777 View Post

        Thanks rwil02.
        So do I have to ask permission to host the video myself If I don't own it?

        It depends. Due to the new orphaned works act if its not explicitly copyrighted in anyway than the content is not considered copyrighted.

        Of course its always good manners to ask the person if its okay and because they'll generally be happy your promoting something they made. There's a lot of video services but there's also a lot of webhosts that offer tons of bandwidth for cheap (like 6 TB per month from dreamhost). I've always been of the opinion if you use that much bandwidth you should be making plenty of money
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        • Profile picture of the author tomnev777
          Thanks YellowDot. My family is from Philly.
          Tom

          Originally Posted by YellowDot Software View Post

          It depends. Due to the new orphaned works act if its not explicitly copyrighted in anyway than the content is not considered copyrighted.

          Of course its always good manners to ask the person if its okay and because they'll generally be happy your promoting something they made. There's a lot of video services but there's also a lot of webhosts that offer tons of bandwidth for cheap (like 6 TB per month from dreamhost). I've always been of the opinion if you use that much bandwidth you should be making plenty of money
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  • Profile picture of the author e-mail2u
    Is the video yours or some one elses, if yours can you access it in your youtube account.
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  • Profile picture of the author e-mail2u
    The video is on you tube so permission is not needed if it is a public video. How ever i would try to find it again on you tube as it could have been removed or they updated to a new one and deleted this one.

    If you find it try to download a copy to your hard drive that way you will have a back up or you could host it on your site then never have to worry about it being deleted again.

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  • Profile picture of the author Doug Simons
    I know this is going to sound like a plug but there is software that will enable you to run your video on your website without the use of utube or others.

    VideoWebWizard - Put Streaming Videos On Your Website In Just Minutes!
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