Posted by arty on 08/30/06 19:10

thats a long winded way to say watermark
DVD Workshop wrote:
> Hi Pallas,
>
> One of the easiest ways to protect the video clips you place on your
> web site from being copied and displayed on other sites is to add a
> video bug.
>
> Most video on the web is either flash, windows media (wmv), or real
> (rm) format.
>
> And while there are steps you can take to make copying video in these
> formats a little more difficult, most of the anti-copy methods are
> easily defeated.
>
> The reality is that any video or audio that can be viewed on the web,
> can be copied from the web.
>
> Yes, you can significantly reduce the opportunity for video to be
> copied by placing it within a members only area. But still, that video
> can be copied by your site members - if they know what they are doing.
>
> So what is a video bug?
>
> In the case of the TV networks, a video bug is the placement of their
> logo on the screen throughout most broadcasts.
>
> Regardless of where the video bug is placed on the video, it makes it
> extremely easy to determine where the video originated. And while
> anyone who makes a copy of the video can remove the video bug, it
> leaves an obvious 'hole', thus making it readily apparent that the copy
> is a copy.
>
> This same strategy of adding a video bug to identify the source of a
> video can work for you. If done correctly, the video bug can even drive
> traffic to your web site - by those who might want to copy your videos
> and place them on their own web sites.
>
> By branding your web videos with your own video bug, you can reduce the
> temptation for others to steal your videos, while at the same time
> increasing the chance that video clips purloined from your site might
> actually drive traffic to your site.
>
> To do this, you would want to include a video bug in the form of a link
> to your web site. The graphic should not be so obvious as to detract
> from the video, but should be noticeable enough that the viewer clearly
> knows where the video came from.
>
> To get the best results when adding a video bug with a link to your web
> site, you want the link text to be white, with a slight shadow (black
> in color).
>
> You want to set the opacity of the video bug quite low, to make it
> almost transparent.
>
> By taking just a minute to create the video bug, anyone who views the
> video will clearly know where the video came from.
>
> When creating video for the web, it is a good idea to include a video
> bug with a text link to your web site. Doing this will discourage
> others from copying your videos and placing them on their web sites
> without your permission.
>
> In the cases where the videos are copied (with or without your
> permission), the video bug can drive traffic back to your web site.
>
> Whether or not to include a video bug on DVDs is another matter. In
> most cases, it may be a better strategy to selectively include video
> bugs throughout the production (perhaps on end of chapter graphics
> pages).
>
> If you fail to include video bugs, it will become more and more
> difficult to claim your rights to the videos you publish on the web -
> especially as more and more sites add video libraries of clips found on
> other sites.
>
> Adding a video bug is easy - and something you should consider doing
> with your web videos.
>
> Hope that has been of some help to you,
>
> Pete
>
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