Comments on: Inspired by Digg, Current Gets with the Web Program http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Current Hires New Media Pres « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-254533 Current Hires New Media Pres « NewTeeVee Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:03:14 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-254533 <p>[...] Current would beef up its aggregation technology so it would not have to rely completely on its Digg-like system for news [...]</p> [...] Current would beef up its aggregation technology so it would not have to rely completely on its Digg-like system for news [...]

]]> By: AlGore Current-ly Losing Money at InMuscatine http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-230070 AlGore Current-ly Losing Money at InMuscatine Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:20:30 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-230070 <p>[...] to be profitable. It comes back to discipline. We didn’t want to spend marketing dollars.” I reported the situation as such in my write-up on Oct. [...]</p> [...] to be profitable. It comes back to discipline. We didn’t want to spend marketing dollars.” I reported the situation as such in my write-up on Oct. [...]

]]> By: Current’s Claims of ‘Profitability’ Ring False - GigaOM http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-230054 Current’s Claims of ‘Profitability’ Ring False - GigaOM Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:36:37 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-230054 <p>[...] profitable. It comes back to discipline. We didn’t want to spend marketing dollars.” I reported the situation as such in my write-up on Oct. [...]</p> [...] profitable. It comes back to discipline. We didn’t want to spend marketing dollars.” I reported the situation as such in my write-up on Oct. [...]

]]> By: Current’s Claims of ‘Profitability’ Ring False « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-230048 Current’s Claims of ‘Profitability’ Ring False « NewTeeVee Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:06:47 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-230048 <p>[...] profitable. It comes back to discipline. We didn’t want to spend marketing dollars.” I reported the situation as such in my write-up on Oct. [...]</p> [...] profitable. It comes back to discipline. We didn’t want to spend marketing dollars.” I reported the situation as such in my write-up on Oct. [...]

]]> By: Ian http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-125094 Ian Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:30:20 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-125094 <p>Now only if Cablevision will finally carry Current TV...</p> Now only if Cablevision will finally carry Current TV…

]]> By: Dee http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-124435 Dee Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:55:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-124435 <p>Very interesting, i shall look forward to any news on current.com i like the idea and i totally agree about the part of having digg like contributors and users to run the show for them.</p> Very interesting, i shall look forward to any news on current.com i like the idea and i totally agree about the part of having digg like contributors and users to run the show for them.

]]> By: Jackson West http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-124076 Jackson West Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:23:54 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/10/15/inspired-by-digg-current-gets-with-the-web-program/#comment-124076 <p>Makes sense that Current is profitable, since they pay next to nothing for content. Now that there's new and easier ways for people to submit stuff they can air for free, I took a quick look at the terms of use.</p> <p>http://current.com/s/terms.htm</p> <p>Lo and behold, section VI.B.3 and VI.C give Current really, really broad (non-exclusive) rights to anything you submit to the site -- including perpetual Internet, Promotional and Media Rights. What's really freaky is that they demand right of first refusal if you try to strike an exclusive deal with a third party, and if after thirty days you don't take their deal, they demand that the third party deal be struck with exactly the same terms.</p> <p>Even if you do submit written notice asking for your materials to be removed, they will only do so after a vague "commercially feasible" period of time. And they retain to the right to continue using concepts, characters and other ideas even after you've chosen to remove your recordings. All, of course, with no renumeration to you.</p> <p>So while people do seem to be willing to do almost anything just to appear on television, remember that participating on the site is basically giving Current free content to run their own ads against on the site and on television, and it will be something of a hassle if you ever want exclusive rights to that content back in order to get paid for your work.</p> <p>Though I warn anyone who might want to criticize this policy on the web and link to current.com, since section IV.B says the limited, non-exclusive license to link to the current.com homepage can be revoked at the company's discretion. I'm not sure what they'd do if you continued to link to the site -- seems to be a rather vague "or else."</p> Makes sense that Current is profitable, since they pay next to nothing for content. Now that there’s new and easier ways for people to submit stuff they can air for free, I took a quick look at the terms of use.

http://current.com/s/terms.htm

Lo and behold, section VI.B.3 and VI.C give Current really, really broad (non-exclusive) rights to anything you submit to the site — including perpetual Internet, Promotional and Media Rights. What’s really freaky is that they demand right of first refusal if you try to strike an exclusive deal with a third party, and if after thirty days you don’t take their deal, they demand that the third party deal be struck with exactly the same terms.

Even if you do submit written notice asking for your materials to be removed, they will only do so after a vague “commercially feasible” period of time. And they retain to the right to continue using concepts, characters and other ideas even after you’ve chosen to remove your recordings. All, of course, with no renumeration to you.

So while people do seem to be willing to do almost anything just to appear on television, remember that participating on the site is basically giving Current free content to run their own ads against on the site and on television, and it will be something of a hassle if you ever want exclusive rights to that content back in order to get paid for your work.

Though I warn anyone who might want to criticize this policy on the web and link to current.com, since section IV.B says the limited, non-exclusive license to link to the current.com homepage can be revoked at the company’s discretion. I’m not sure what they’d do if you continued to link to the site — seems to be a rather vague “or else.”

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