[-empyre-] vogs - control

["Nemo Nox" <lists@nemonox.com>]

Adrian Miles wrote:
>except in a vog edits are not always internal (you 
>could just see that 'except' happening, couldn't you?).

Internal to the site, anyway, meaning the edit
doesn't take you to another site. This brings
another question: what is the vog, each little 
movie or the site that contains them?

>and there is no reason the author retains control 
>of the whole (and you've just given me an idea to 
>not do that).

That depends on what the author wish to achieve.
And it could be argued that if one doesn't have
control over his work he shouldn't be considered
the author.

>in my case i have a movie that borrows live webcam 
>images from elsewhere. i have no control over these 
>images, i just grab the urls for the jpegs and load 
>them on demand in my movie. 

That is similar to framing someone else's content
on your site, or using RSS or similar technologies
to show outside content integrated in your site.
You can have expectations regarding to what will
appear as part of your work but the lack of control
can lead to unexpected results. Imagine a movie
that borrows landscapes from a series of webcams.
The one of the webcam owners decides to use her
cam to show off her naked body. That would alter
the content and the meaning of your movie - and 
possibly make it very popular. :-)


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