Ellen Oil Rig Nov. 9, 2014 from Archinect on Vimeo.
This photo sculpture from zazzle looks like the coolest thing ever, but it also appears it's one thing in zazzle catalog where they don't show you it from front & back.
Ellen Oil Rig Nov. 9, 2014 from Archinect on Vimeo.
How do Bobtail Squid choose their glowing bacterial partner? from Experiment on Vimeo.
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Six Days in the Cook Islands Sept 2015 (Part One above the water) from Gary Minch on Vimeo.
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Q: what other blog features ads for Spongebob licensed, pink-heart T-shirts?
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Nurse Shark at the Wreck of the Rocus from Panga MX on Vimeo.
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Hawaii 2014 from John Preskitt on Vimeo.
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Octopus Octopus - 100mm macro from Laura James on Vimeo.
Galápagos collection from Apneediver on Vimeo.
Dolphin Diary 260415 from Angie Gullan's Dolphin Center on Vimeo.
Diving in Ramla Bay (Malta) from Ieva Balode on Vimeo.
Butch from Tawaki Project on Vimeo.
ESA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BELMAR, NJ 2015 from Aerial Media Productions on Vimeo.
We will tell you about Iceland - Province 4: The Dyrholaey Cape. from GALAVLADA on Vimeo.
Before and after Sea Star wasting syndrome - Cove 1 West Seattle - footage spanning 8 years from Laura James on Vimeo.
Lab on a Strip: Developing a Novel Biosensor for Biotoxin Detection from Experiment on Vimeo.
It's getting hot in here: effects of ocean warming on Indonesian Yellow Tangs from Experiment on Vimeo.
Where Science Meets Shipwrecks - Peter Wibroe, Copenhagen, DENMARK from Emma Priestley on Vimeo.
So far in this blog, we've seen a vacation rental, some interesting tidbits about clownfish reproduction, a grad student's talk about experiments with urchins, and now yacht wrecks. Hang on, it's going to be an interesting ride!
Native Collector Sea Urchins: Not so Hāwaʻe (Useless) After All from Hawaii Conservation Alliance on Vimeo.
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Science Hangout: Why is Clownfish Behavior in Finding Nemo Misleading? from American Scientist on Vimeo.
This short video documents a vacation of a couple in what appears to be Adaaran Select Hudhuranfushi in the Maldives. It shows some interesting views of the walkway, plus some scuba footage of puffers, eels, and Gil.
Maldives Ocean Villa from martin bates on Vimeo.
comhrá a idir an an péarla ‘agus an oisrí from Beatrice Jarvis on Vimeo.
I looked at one web site that was providing some pretty cool videos about marine life. I wanted to see if I would be allowed to embed their videos in my blog, so I read their license. The license said that the videos were only for "temporary, noncommercial, educational use." What a minefield! If I were to make a blog post, does the "temporary" requirement mean that I have to delete it at some point in the future? If I only store on my hard drive for individual use, exactly when would I have to delete it? As far as "educational", would a blog, celebrating the sea, written by a layperson constitute a sufficiently "educational" purpose? As far as "commercial", would a blog with ads constitute commercial use? Is a blog with no ads (but reference to a for-profit enterprise like Blogger/Google) sufficiently non-commercial? Yikes!
Similarly, a lot of video sites provide embed links to a video. It is my understanding that use of the embed code would be covered under fair use, and furthermore I'm making comment on the videos, and using a link provided by the site that goes back to the author's web page. (IANAL). But suppose there were a professional, scuba-diving videographer, whose sole income was based on his or her videos. How many of these links could I use before I start to take away glory from his or her page at the video site? Would use of embed codes on a site with ads constitute commercial use and ultimately detract from his or her income? Do you think I'm crazy to worry?
Flickr has always billed itself as a "photo sharing" website. Every photo had its own web page, which included a prominent button inviting the visitor to "Blog This!" The current FAQ still says, "Flickr and blogs go together like Captain and Tennille". There was a controversy that erupted about ten years ago where professional photographers objected to their work being spread across the web without their permission. Flickr eventually caved and a staffer clarified that the Blog This button was to be seen as a convenience for those users who had made prior arrangements with the photographer over the conditions of use of their work, not as a blanket permission. I remember someone came up with the solution of "You can always contact the photographer." Oi, vey! I'm imagining that videos posted by companies like National Geographic or the Discover Channel are similarly frought with danger.
That being said, I utterly detest actual piracy. Alex Wild, an entomologist who relies on his award-winning photography for income, has repeatedly complained about pesticide companies that take his photos, cut out watermarks, and even misrepresent the species of the ant. Major uncool.
Is there another way? Suppose you gave up and only made use of video links that you had alicense to use. Fortunately, there is such a thing. There are Creative Commons licenses, such as attribution which explicitly give one the right to: