dtube.video is our first video hosting on Steem! Explore the big questions and opportunities in this post created with https://dtube.video/.
Watch My First DTube Video!
DTube takes 25% of author rewards which on a $110 post with $10 to curators would be $25. Thank you to @heimindanger for getting DTube live as shared at https://steemit.com/video/@heimindanger/introducing-dtube-a-decentralized-video-platform-using-steem-and-ipfs.
In this video I explore some big questions we have to face right away which I also typed out here!
- Will we upvote videos that are definitely or probably violating copyright law thereby placing everyone on Steem at risk of attack from criticism (free publicity) or law suits? Within the first week we can already see a music video uploaded along with many full length movies including The Matrix, Die Hard, and other classics I love! With the earnings many of these are getting, a lot more are sure to follow! I personally think copyright needs to go and no one should have the right to claim exclusive rights to anything in their work. For example, I never file copyright claims against other creators and would not flag any of my videos uploaded to DTube. Not everyone else sees it that way ...
- How far will we go with our uploads to DTube? Will we start grabbing our favorite pornos and uploading them alongside videos of violence and hate speech? Will DTube be a magnet for that which is banned on YouTube? I personally am against any censorship matched with education. Censorship is always about control and power while requiring shame to operate.
- Is giving 25% of our author rewards fair or will we ask for or accept a lower or higher fee? 25% seems fair to start but what if it takes off? What if the price of Steem is 10x now or 10%? Will the fee be flexible and transparent to us at all times? YouTube currently takes 43% on ad revenue assuming they let us monetize the video at all which makes the DTube fee look great to me!
Thank you very much for reading my first post on DTube and seeing my first exclusive video here! Would you upvote for more because 25% of the rewards go to DTube?
Love,
Jerry Banfield
PS: Witness votes are the most powerful votes we make on Steem because one vote for a witness lasts indefinitely! Would you please make a vote for jerrybanfield as a witness or set jerrybanfield as a proxy to handle all witness votes at https://steemit.com/~witnesses because when we make our votes, we feel in control of our future together?
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Yay @ League of Legends plug :) If dTube proves to have the bandwidth, Youtube won't be able to compete...
Yes!
there is a bug that doesn't allow my videos to play, i can play other vids tho but just not mine.
hmm, i wonder if it's a bandwidth issue?
It's time to stop allowing the old Grey man of the video sharing service to dictate terms to creators. Allowing YouTube and its model of flagging for copyright infringement has no place in the decentralized space for us content creators.
As for revenue share, as long as the transparency is kept as it is I'm all for giving the dtube coder a slice.
I'm just glad to have somewhere to park my videos off of the dead YouTube.
I do see possibly a new angle to look at copyrights if dtube is going that direction. So, for those who create content meant to be sold like music, films, etc, they can come to dtube and open a channel.
Having another venue to spread talent is a good thing. As the YouTube apocalypse happens to many creators there.
Exactly how I feel @tonygreene113!
@jerrybanfield Thanks for sharing about Dtube. Great site and idea, except that for the life of me, I cannot upload a simple 10 minute video to it. Keeps saying "failed to fetch". Do you need a certain level of usable SP to do anything on Dtube? Or do I need to sign up on some other website to get Dtube to work for me? IMHO Censorship and Youtube's monopoly is not the way to go forward, but we also do not want a platform that turns into a cesspool of bad content and copyrights quagmire.
No you don't need a certain amount of SP to post on there I was able to.
Some days there are updates or failures in the network! My video did not upload today and I worked around this by trying a new upload after switching my server in the settings!
Really glad you're on Dtube Jerry! Dtube along with Zappl very well could make Steemit the #1 media delivery method in the world. We'll have quite a few users in the future never even visit the Steemit.com website that will be actively posting/using the Steem block chain. Simply incredible!
The copyright issue is serious though. This is something that needs addressed going forward b/c we don't want a few users causing massive issues for Steem in the future. We have a great community and incredible technology driving Steem, let's keep the momentum going and don't make foolish short term decisions regarding posting things are direct violations of copyright law.
Thank you for the warm welcome @orionschariot! While I agree about the copyright, the irony is that a lot of people might start using Steem because of the ability to get away with it now! I have not used Zappl before and am taking a look now!
Hi @jerrybanfield I'm the community manager at Zappl here are some beta test videos of it in action. Any questions just holla!
@steemitqa - wow! My profile is your video's cover image and shows up at about 3:36 :)
What a pleasent surprise!
Video has become unavailable.
Thanks for sharing
Great video Jerry, always nice to see you in action. I think that @heimindanger did us a good favor (and himself too) by showing the world how great steem blockchain is and thus we all should send in our support by using Dtube (pls see my latest blog post about steem block chain, its low price and taking advantage of it). However, this will certainly lead to video plagiarism as there are no mechanism to catch plagiarists using Dtube however with time, our dear @cheetah and its team will start taking action too-hopefully. Price is ok for now however should come down when the platform kicks off by fall this year. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend.
Time to buy steem and power up bud!!!!
Thank you Charles for looking at this with us because now it is wide open to use for plagiarism!
You are welcome...lets hope that @cheetah , @steemcleaners et al will develop further talents in the segment of video plagiarism...wish you a blessed weekend.
Hah I doubt that... video plagiarism is gonna take some serious youtube style filters to o sift through theough uploaded video and it would require lot of work and energy and honestly the worldsis Just gonna have to deal with drive ha having copyrighted material and lawsuits won't do a thing . EVEr hear that old saying "Bitcoin user said unaffected " ?
Haha good point however do not underestimat the power of innovation
I have heard also Craig Grant and other big Steemians starting speaking increasingly more frequent about this DTube and its potential for the future.
Indeed exciting times we live in now, friends!
Of course!
oh my God Jerry is taking steemit over by storm!!!
I watched the video... was the second one I watched :)
wow... I am so excited at the prospects for this !!!
roll on freedom =]
Thank you @aineyann!
Dtube, what about Atube, Btube and Ctube?
Great question!
The same as a teenager "wildin out" when they finally get a moment of freedom from an overbearingly strict parent, I can absolutely see all sorts of nefarious videos showing up just because the uploader can.
There can be freedom and structure and that's a great conversation to have. I don't let my 2 and 4 year old do whatever they want because they don't always make choices in the best interest of their safety and future well being. I also don't put them on a leash or keep them from going outside just because they might get hurt.
I'm not equating Steemit/ Dtube users with toddlers. I'm suggesting that all humans are better able to thrive in a structured but not overbearing/ oppressive environment.
Yes we all do need structure and the challenge it seems now is that the structure we have now is breaking the entire world down and few of us are trusted to make adjustments to the existing structure. Our master plan must be to collapse the entire mental structure of the world if we are to build a better one in its place.
I think the real debate about a lot of this is which humans get to decide what the structure is for everyone. Right now, its greedy profiteers, not people looking out for the best of humanity. I think the Steem community will eventually weed them out passively by not voting on it, hopefully
Thank you for doing this, Jerry. You raise some very good questions that we don't know the answer to --- yet. Let's keep the discussion going and evolve this new platform.
Thanx for your continued contributions, Jerry.
You're welcome Terry thank you for continuing to notice!
Hey Jerry, glad to see that you got it to work as I remember you were having issues with it crashing during the upload, if memory serves me. I'm glad you took the time to explain how Dtube works, money wise. I hadn't seen anyone talk about the fact that they receive 25%. I think they should lower that a good bit, at least in the beginning, to ensure that people use it and don't stick with YouTube purely for monetary advantages. Just some thoughts from this guy on the Internet tho. Thanks for the great, thought-provoking article!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the percentage received! YouTube currently takes my total earns of $3,174.13 a month and reduces them to $1,802.75 for my actual payout which is a 43% fee! Compared to that, DTube seems great. Compared to other Steem apps that charge less like ChainBB at 15%, it seems a bit high!
Wow I had no idea YouTube took that much. 25% sounds a lot better actually, haha.
Is Dtube part of steem?
It is part of steem, @generation. I've uploaded 2 of my videos (originally content created by me) on d tube. However, I didn't know that they take 25% of author's reward. Now I know better. Thanks to @jerrybnfield for this post.
It is built by @heimindanger on top of Steem similar to apps like ChainBB and eSteem.
Finally!! A decentralized Youtube! These are really exciting times, every day new opportunities to empower people and to be creative. From now on I will see your videos there @jerrybanfield ;)
Thank you Arturo I am planning to do most videos on YouTube and Facebook first with then the full post with all the words on Steem along with some exclusive DTube videos!
Got it :)
Fuck all censorship and the power-hungry sociopathic vermin with a 2-meter-long cactus.
Nice platform. Youtube killer?.........
Potential massive YouTube killer.
Yes especially with currently being able to upload full length movies and earn rewards!
Wow! This is a very good news, I need to start acquiring these video making skills. Thanks man, thanks to all for the upvotes.
Jerry do you post your same youtube videos here on steemit and dtube? Or do you put out different videos for each platform?
Thanks!
Currently I am planning to do only exclusive videos on DTube while most new videos go on Facebook and YouTube first with matching posts here next. My stand up comedy will be one of the first videos that goes here which does not go on Facebook and YouTube!
Very interesting. Awesome thanks and I look forward to watching your comedy videos.
Hey Jerry, I'd like to invite you to join in on our contest next week. The topic is Expertise, and you strike me as someone who has some expertise to offer. All the best~
Dtube??? Interested post Jerry. I didn't know that was a thing!
I found DTube a few weeks ago and I had no idea that it was associated with Steemit! Haha. I just tried to login and had some difficulty but finally got it. I tried uploading some videos to YouTube, but have had little to no luck in building a following. I'm going to try to move over to DTube and see what I can do on there! Pivoting, but not giving up :D
I'm amazed if this was done by just one guy
Dtube is the best, it's better than youtube for sure, it's so late to be popular on youtube but it's the time for strating on dtube. I already posted a few videos there and i will try to keep doing this everyday because there are not a lot of peoplle now doing so, I hope I will be the famous guy on dtube. ☺ Here is my link on my dtube channel : Clixmoney's dtube channel
I need to check out dtube. You're the one who got me into steem and dtube is definitely progress now that youtube has so much censorship.
I just loaded the video now Jerry. I think we need to support this new platform and help it grow, and not do anything to hurt DTube. Just upvoted and resteemed this post and would love to see you creating more exclusive content on your new channel.
If Steemit is the coffee, let DTube be the cream!
I didn't know what Dtube was, now I do, thanks Jerry!
This is cool Jerry!
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Im exited for this :D lets gooooo!
Never heard about this! Thanks for sharing it I will definitely check this out!!!
Thanks informations @jerrybanfield.
Jerry you use steemit.com you use dtube.video you use blockchain technology and crypto yet you're the one complaining about copyright infringement?
How on earth you can be using all these platforms and technologies and still be a fan of government I have no Idea.
Apart from that, keep up the good work and I hope to see some better content to come.
PS: I wrote this comment before watching the rest of the video lol
Sweet!
@dtube is a great platform for vloggers and other people on youtube !
Specially if you are a new content creator, you can earn the same amount after a few 100's of views from dtube as you will earn after at least a 1000 views on youtube !!
I feel @dtube will be bigger than youtube soon .
I love dtube and i'm a Jerry fan. I watch Jerry @ YT.
I've just joined dtube and the first video i watch here is this one.
I've also uploaded 2 short videos, so you can steem over to my channel to upvote me to motivate and help me out.
There you go....https://dtube.video/c/fourflames
Hi Jerry. @anarcotech here under the new assumed name of @minnowmentor. This is an altruistic minnow-growing service which is FREE. I'd really like to get your support as you have such a following. Already I have been inundated with people who want to be mentored, but would really appreciate getting some of the big hitters behind the project too. I hope we can talk about this, as I genuinely think you could be a big help with it!
Thanks dude.
@anarcotech / @minnowmentor
I upvoted you....please follow and upvote me on https://steemit.com/steemit/@farhanasayed/introduction :)
Blatant Copyright Violation lol say that to the IRS. "Violation"
Your video is what got me signed up on Dtube.
One thing i dislike is that Dtube videos seem to need to be paused in order to buffer
Congrats on posting your first video, looks like its done well!
I don't think we should be allowing pirated videos on this site.
Might get away with it for a while.. but eventually the site will get shut down.
Focus on premium video channels with premium content, original content and dtube will do really well.
Move over Youtube!
I hope it will be success!
Upvoted! Thanks for upvoting my post too https://steemit.com/money/@akilie1029/special-announcement-get-free-upvotes.
Will yeah your questions are legal. I one should not be allowed to violate copy rights.
Amazing Video @jerrybanfield . Welcome to Dtube, it's amazing . Thanks for sharing about it. Have a Great Day buddy ☺
Nice video and we can see our comments there, nice
What an awesome guy Jerry Banfield!
Role model for sure.
Best,
Fefein
Steem just fell below 1$. Are you still convinced it would reach 10$ now in less than 10 months! ;-)
i will test dtube