Sublime Thoughts

October 20, 2008

Credit Where Credit is Due

Filed under: Business — Tags: , , — Blake Raab @ 6:38 pm

I will be the first to admit that it is my fault for not adding credits to the end of one of my tutorial videos on YouTube.  YouTube was one site, like Flickr, that I realized could be good for naturally promoting my business while providing value.  I had created a simple tutorial video showing how to remove the background of a photo in Paint .NET.  Yesterday, I checked on my video and found that it was being embedded on a website.   The language on the site seemed to me like they were taking credit for the video.  I left a comment thanking them for using my video, and found today that they had deleted the comment.  This made it clear to me that they were not going to give me any credit for it.  My first inclination was to delete the video, but it has over 6000 views, and I have the right to keep it.  YouTube has a feature to add annotations to videos, so you can add notes that will show up, even in videos embedded on sites.  You can see below what I have done with this one to claim credit for it. :)

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