Decipher the YouTube spokesperson
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Your question is well phrased: you have asked for a confirmation, which Youtube has not supplied. That amounts to a tacit admission.
I would suggest using it in a story where you clearly outline your question as well as the answer, and point out that the response does not answer the question. Or you could send out a follow up email:
"Your response, does not contain a confirmation that this ToS change was NOT initiated or modeled in relation to a YouTube API powered website called Totlol (totlol.com).
In the absence of a confirmation, or response to this email, we will go ahead and accept your response as a tacit acceptance that the ToS change was modeled in relation to Totlol.com.
Again: Can you positively confirm that this ToS change was NOT initiated or modeled in relation to a YouTube API powered website called Totlol (totlol.com) which has launched two months prior?
Warm regards, etc."
I would suggest using it in a story where you clearly outline your question as well as the answer, and point out that the response does not answer the question. Or you could send out a follow up email:
"Your response, does not contain a confirmation that this ToS change was NOT initiated or modeled in relation to a YouTube API powered website called Totlol (totlol.com).
In the absence of a confirmation, or response to this email, we will go ahead and accept your response as a tacit acceptance that the ToS change was modeled in relation to Totlol.com.
Again: Can you positively confirm that this ToS change was NOT initiated or modeled in relation to a YouTube API powered website called Totlol (totlol.com) which has launched two months prior?
Warm regards, etc."
"On July 7th 2008 Google made an unannounced change to the YouTube API ToS, which introduced a new restriction on commercial use. Can you positively confirm that this ToS change was NOT initiated or modeled in relation to a YouTube API powered website called Totlol (totlol.com) which has launched two months prior?"
Background story is here: http://www.totlol.com/t/story Discussion is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1019360
Today a YouTube spokesperson sent an official response:
"Updates to our API Terms of Service generally take months of preparation and review and are pushed out primarily to better serve our users, partners and developers. When new Terms of Service are ready, we notify our developers through as many channels as possible, including on our developer blog."
See here: http://newteevee.com/2009/12/29/totlol-creator-learns-the-hard-way-he-cant-build-a-business-on-youtube/
Is this an answer to the question? I'm not sure.
My attempt to decipher the YouTube spokesperson looks like this:
Question:
"2 is a prime number that when divided by 2 will result is an integer. Can you positively confirm 2 is not the only such prime number?"
YouTube spokesperson answers:
"Prime numbers are generally odd numbers and most are fairly big. When divided by 2 the result is not an integer."
Any other deciphering suggestions?