So on September 19th I put up the first of my video blogs; within days tens of thousands were viewing and enjoying (see the info below taken from You Tube).

So I put up 3 more and we hit 20,000 views.

But with the positives come the negatives and those who want to stifle free speech complained and the videos were taken down (for about 25 minutes - we then put them up again and you can see them at...

Deep Throat

A frightening aspect of You Tube. As great ideas get bigger, the shadowy powers move in (as we've seen on My Space too)...

Here's the proof of the first few days taken from YouTube...

JonathanKing1 06:08
The first instalment of Jonathan King's life.
Tags: Jonathan King Music Celebrity TellingItAll Geriatric People Sex Stars
Added: September 19, 2006, 03:00 AM From JonKing2006
Views: 16,028
Rating:
188 ratings

It's great, first Myspace now this, what next?

I can't stop watching this either!

Could you be name names, JK? Who did compain and about what?

They got a girl bumped off YouTube because she has a speech impediment.
They tried to get Geriatric 1927 suspended because he's old.
In my case, of course, there's LOTS of shit to throw!!
The trouble is, You Tube has simply removed subscribers if there are a few "flags" or complaints. I gather they are now changing this automated method (put in place essentially to stop copyright breach; as you can see if you try the Sakkarin/Sugar Sugar link).
Those "flagging" have nothing to lose (they rarely put up their own videos so can simply register again under another name) and love being negative.

It's a basic loophole in the You Tube concept and needs major expenditure to employ people to vet complaints.

There are thousands of You Tubers who are trying to get this changed - if you want to see the latest, check out my JonKing2005 video re;Who Are You... and watch the video response.

by Saul HANSELL
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/business/30tube.html

Chad Hurley effects a calm, almost detached demeanor, even as the Web site he runs, YouTube.com, has provoked a frenzy of consternation among executives of record labels, TV networks and movie studios. For millions of Internet users, the site that opened to the public less than a year ago provides a daily fix of odd and interesting video clips, from White House speeches to frat house pranks.

YouTube has also become a vast repository of video taken without permission from television shows and movies, not to mention home movies constructed

I think your blogs are brilliant and I'm hooked!

'Video Blogs' - seems like a bit of a clumsy expression.

I thought maybe they should be called 'Vogs' but then discovered that they already are ...

And here is the Vog manifesto ..

a vog respects bandwidth
a vog is not streaming video (this is not the reinvention of television)
a vog uses performative video and/or audio
a vog is personal
a vog uses available technology
a vog experiments with writerly video and audio
a vog lies between writing and the televisual
a vog explores the proximate distance of words and moving media
a vog is dziga vertov with a mac and a modem

I had to look up dziga vertov and found he was an eccentric film maker ... well I leant something new today ..

Stretch
www.Dastards.com

I see the idiots have had you removed again....

Don't worry Vince - Just click on the link at the top!

I feel sorry for Jk so much shit has been thrown at him and all he can do is just take it.

JK you could post rest of your diaries on the website so it cannot be barred or nothing.

Good luck

but don't worry about me; I'm well able to cope!!