Yes it is worth disputing.  Sometimes just filing the initial dispute will resolve it. Here is a great write up of a vidder who went the entire distance. Even if you want to only fill out the initial paperwork, it will help.
https://vidders.github.io/articles/vidding/ ( Read more... )

Vidders.net is open for vid watching & uploads (especially for vids that may be blocked from any of the other video hosting & streaming sites). All videos that stream on the site will be automatically set up for archiving & back up. All videos (yes all 18k plus) hosted on the site hosted since its inception in 2009 and up to the last month have ( Read more... )

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I stumbled across this the other day purely by accident and thought it was worth sharing, just in case I'm not the last to know about it, lol ( Read more... )

BAM Video Vault, the fan run video service is moving. It may go offline as soon as Sept 5, 2015 and there will be downtime until the move is completed. Vidders.net is trying to raise funds to help pay for the move and new service. They have a brief overview here and a donation page here. The site owner says he has backed up the vids, but I always ( Read more... )

I prepared a guide on fighting YouTube copyright claims: posted on the fan-flashworks comm.

And I'll be glad to answer any questions on the topic.

Please note this guide is only meant for fanvidders, as use of video/music in fanvids can be considered fair-use.

Hello, It's been years since I made a vid, but I finally got one finished recently and was wondering what the best place to upload it for hosting was? I remember one of the last vids I made was taken down from youtube for copyright infringement after a few months. Not sure if there is a better option or if youtube is pretty much the way to go for ( Read more... )

article here

"The highly popular online video service Vimeo announced Wednesday that it's introducing a new system called “Copyright Match” to automatically remove copyright-infringing videos from the site."

It's always sad to hear of the loss of yet another hosting option for vids. It can be a weird combination of both surprise and familiar realization of something we knew in the back of our minds was inevitable. If you've uploaded vids to Viddler for Festivids & are now faced with downloading your videos before March 11 please know you can host them ( Read more... )

As of March 11, 2014, Viddler, the vidding streaming service used by Festivids and many other LJ based vidders, is closing free accounts and deleting all vids stored in those free accounts. Vidders can convert to paid accounts by paying a monthly fee. Festivids is not planning on keeping their account active beyond March 11, so if you are a ( Read more... )