Comments on: Copyright – Schmopyright http://www.nxtbookmedia.com/blog/2008/07/24/copyright-schmopyright/ The blog of Nxtbook Media Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:08:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://www.nxtbookmedia.com/blog/2008/07/24/copyright-schmopyright/comment-page-1/#comment-76182 Martin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:09:57 +0000 http://nxtbook.com/blog/?p=630#comment-76182 Hi Marcus. Thanks for mentioning Issuu again. We always listen and appreciate when an established company in our field takes notice of our work. I thought I'd just clarify a few things. The paragraph you quote from our Terms is pretty standard stuff, not unlike what you see on YouTube and similar online communities, and it shouldn't be read out of context. We recommend anyone interested in Issuu to read the whole text. Anyone uploading content on Issuu remains in control and can instantly delete their account, including all submissions. We share exactly the same ambitions as our members and would never do anything to jeopardize that mutual trust. It would simply be bad business for everyone. For the record, I should add that we haven't changed our Terms since we launched in 2007. At Issuu we want to make online publishing easy, appealing and available to anyone with a message. A WhoIs lookup for Issuu.com will tell you that we have nothing to hide. Finally, you mentioned in your previous post about us that we are not indexed by Google. A quick Google search will show you that we are in fact very much on their radar (http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aissuu.com+inurl%3A%2Fdocs%2F). Thank you for giving us this chance to clarify a few things about Issuu. Hi Marcus. Thanks for mentioning Issuu again. We always listen and appreciate when an established company in our field takes notice of our work.

I thought I’d just clarify a few things.

The paragraph you quote from our Terms is pretty standard stuff, not unlike what you see on YouTube and similar online communities, and it shouldn’t be read out of context. We recommend anyone interested in Issuu to read the whole text.

Anyone uploading content on Issuu remains in control and can instantly delete their account, including all submissions. We share exactly the same ambitions as our members and would never do anything to jeopardize that mutual trust. It would simply be bad business for everyone. For the record, I should add that we haven’t changed our Terms since we launched in 2007.

At Issuu we want to make online publishing easy, appealing and available to anyone with a message. A WhoIs lookup for Issuu.com will tell you that we have nothing to hide.

Finally, you mentioned in your previous post about us that we are not indexed by Google. A quick Google search will show you that we are in fact very much on their radar (http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aissuu.com+inurl%3A%2Fdocs%2F).

Thank you for giving us this chance to clarify a few things about Issuu.

]]> By: Marcus http://www.nxtbookmedia.com/blog/2008/07/24/copyright-schmopyright/comment-page-1/#comment-76186 Marcus Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:17:39 +0000 http://nxtbook.com/blog/?p=630#comment-76186 Thanks for the comment, Martin. I think your comparison to YouTube is interesting... because most people aren't uploading their core product to YouTube. With a magazine, a publisher is giving you their livelihood. I can't see why they would want to let you do whatever you want with it. While I think that Issuu is a wonderful solution for the "YouTube" crowd, I think the loose terms aren't in the best interest of a publisher that must meet the demands of both their readers and advertisers. RE: Google indexing. Congrats. on the upgrade. You'll note I wrote that post on Feb. 7 and your own blog announces the release of the feature on on March 3. M Thanks for the comment, Martin.

I think your comparison to YouTube is interesting… because most people aren’t uploading their core product to YouTube. With a magazine, a publisher is giving you their livelihood. I can’t see why they would want to let you do whatever you want with it.

While I think that Issuu is a wonderful solution for the “YouTube” crowd, I think the loose terms aren’t in the best interest of a publisher that must meet the demands of both their readers and advertisers.

RE: Google indexing. Congrats. on the upgrade. You’ll note I wrote that post on Feb. 7 and your own blog announces the release of the feature on on March 3.

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