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I just remembered something important regarding the use of Vimeo. From the usage guidelines (http://vimeo.com/guidelines):

># Do Not Upload Videos Intended for Commercial use

>* Businesses may not use Vimeo to externalize their hosting costs. Vimeo (including Vimeo Plus) is not a business service.

>* You may not upload videos containing ads before or after the video, unless given prior written permission from an authorized member of the Vimeo staff. Videos with any advertisements in them, including links to commercial sites, regardless of content, will be removed.

>* We reserve the right to allow certain commercial content for those businesses who have coordinated sponsored advertising campaigns or direct partnerships with Vimeo.

To which extent this applies to your project in its current and future is debatable, but I would make sure it doesn't catch you by surprise, in case you haven't already. :)




It does not apply to me for now. I'm not using Vimeo for commercial purposes yet. If I ever want to place ads, I'd probably switch from Vimeo to my own hosting.


I know, but you are externalizing your hosting costs by using Vimeo, and I haven't seen anyone use it like you do. I was just wondering how their rule applies.


I pay for the vimeo account, so I'm not exactly externalizing costs.




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