My Bravenet package expires at the end of this month. It will cost me several hundred Dollars to keep it going and I can’t decide if I should renew it or let Jetzi-mjvideo.com end. Please let me know what you think I should do … email: jetzii@ntlworld.com
History of Jetzi
My website is about Michael, not about me so very few people know anything about me. Most presume I’m male and American. I’m female and English, living in England.
I first discovered Michael in 1988 during BAD. I began collecting everything, and I mean “everything” connected to Michael. As my collection grew I wanted to share it and I made videos to sell and swap. I now have over 2000 hours of Michael on video, much of it original recordings so the quality is very good. Transferring it all to DVD is a slow process.
Jetzi was born in January 1997. When I learned how to get videos into my computer playing with screen captures of Michael began as just a hobby for me. Michael was a great subject to play with and I wanted to share my videos with other fans so when I discovered the original insidetheweb King of Pop messageboard I posted captures and animations I had made there. There was only KOP back then, others followed. The internet was in its infancy and I enjoyed the comments I got from fans who saw what I had posted on KOP so I created “Jetzi’s Video Frames”, naming it after Jetzi. It consisted of hundreds and hundreds of screen captures taken from my extensive video collection. Initially, I used Geocities which at that time was free, it was limited but for a beginner was adequate to learn with.
I uploaded something new every day and as “Jetzi” slowly started to became known fans visited daily to see what treat there was. I then began making short video clips which were not great quality as I used Real player, Real Player and Windows Media Player were all that was available and pretty basic back then. This was years before YouTube was even thought of, we were still in the 1900s. About this time the free Geocities, Lycos etc brought in bandwidth, storage and upload limits and charges. I enjoyed adding Michael stuff and fans enjoyed seeing what I uploaded so I decided to buy webspace from Bravenet and it evolved into “jetzi-mjvideo.com”. It was expensive and the bandwidth was not great back then but I wanted to keep it all free for fans so as my website grew I kept it all free by financing it myself. It has cost me many Dollars over the years but I’ve got great pleasure from it and I’m sure many of Michael’s fans have too.
I then started uploading books and magazines I have in my collection to share with fans as many of these publications were not available world wide. As Jetzi became more and more known and popular it attracted the attention of book publishers and authors, some of who threatened to sue me if I didn’t remove their publication. This I did, and still do, immediately. This is the reason why publications suddenly disappear from my site.
I posted on numerous newly created Michael related messageboards to promote new items I had added and to spread the word so more fans could enjoy Michael. I uploaded news reports and documentaries within hours of them being broadcast. Unfortunately, there was one messageboard who constantly removed my posts to obscure forums or deleted them altogether depriving fans of knowing what they were missing. They allowed posts by a member who was connected to the administrators of the messageboard, and promoted her website which charged fans to watch videos on her website … this blatant favouritism often made me wonder if they really had Michael’s fan community as a priority?!?
In September 2008 my Bravenet package was due to expire and I was tired of the hassles, expense and time it took for me to copy and upload books and magazines. Michael was not doing much and all we were getting were the horrible allegations and speculation. Much of the fun had gone out of it for me so I decided not to renew and let my website disappear. Bravenet then sent me an email reminding me that I needed to renew and announcing their “special offer” – five years hosting and domain for the price of three years. I can never resist a bargain so I renewed for a further five years. At this time there were numerous books and magazines being published about Michael – some nice some not so nice. I decided I would upload them so fans could read the bad as well as the good to discuss them without the expense of buying all these publications. I also at this time added a button on my site for people to make a donation towards my costs. In those five years I have had 34 donations! Michael’s fans obviously don’t like helping when they can get it for free!
Then Michael died and interest in him soared so I was busy again but not enjoying it. I made the effort but my heart wasn’t in it. Last year, shortly before her 16[SUP]th[/SUP] birthday, Jetzi died and I completely lost interest in the website and uploaded almost nothing.
I still have numerous books and magazines, many from way back so are probably quite rare. I still have videos of Michael that I haven’t uploaded yet and haven’t seen anywhere else so I presume they are rare too. Michael is gone, Jetzi is gone. Most Michael related websites have gone. Do I carry on or is it time to close jetzi-mjvideo.com down?
If you want Jetzi-mjvideo.com to stay alive please email to let me know jetzii@ntlworld.com.
History of Jetzi
My website is about Michael, not about me so very few people know anything about me. Most presume I’m male and American. I’m female and English, living in England.
I first discovered Michael in 1988 during BAD. I began collecting everything, and I mean “everything” connected to Michael. As my collection grew I wanted to share it and I made videos to sell and swap. I now have over 2000 hours of Michael on video, much of it original recordings so the quality is very good. Transferring it all to DVD is a slow process.
Jetzi was born in January 1997. When I learned how to get videos into my computer playing with screen captures of Michael began as just a hobby for me. Michael was a great subject to play with and I wanted to share my videos with other fans so when I discovered the original insidetheweb King of Pop messageboard I posted captures and animations I had made there. There was only KOP back then, others followed. The internet was in its infancy and I enjoyed the comments I got from fans who saw what I had posted on KOP so I created “Jetzi’s Video Frames”, naming it after Jetzi. It consisted of hundreds and hundreds of screen captures taken from my extensive video collection. Initially, I used Geocities which at that time was free, it was limited but for a beginner was adequate to learn with.
I uploaded something new every day and as “Jetzi” slowly started to became known fans visited daily to see what treat there was. I then began making short video clips which were not great quality as I used Real player, Real Player and Windows Media Player were all that was available and pretty basic back then. This was years before YouTube was even thought of, we were still in the 1900s. About this time the free Geocities, Lycos etc brought in bandwidth, storage and upload limits and charges. I enjoyed adding Michael stuff and fans enjoyed seeing what I uploaded so I decided to buy webspace from Bravenet and it evolved into “jetzi-mjvideo.com”. It was expensive and the bandwidth was not great back then but I wanted to keep it all free for fans so as my website grew I kept it all free by financing it myself. It has cost me many Dollars over the years but I’ve got great pleasure from it and I’m sure many of Michael’s fans have too.
I then started uploading books and magazines I have in my collection to share with fans as many of these publications were not available world wide. As Jetzi became more and more known and popular it attracted the attention of book publishers and authors, some of who threatened to sue me if I didn’t remove their publication. This I did, and still do, immediately. This is the reason why publications suddenly disappear from my site.
I posted on numerous newly created Michael related messageboards to promote new items I had added and to spread the word so more fans could enjoy Michael. I uploaded news reports and documentaries within hours of them being broadcast. Unfortunately, there was one messageboard who constantly removed my posts to obscure forums or deleted them altogether depriving fans of knowing what they were missing. They allowed posts by a member who was connected to the administrators of the messageboard, and promoted her website which charged fans to watch videos on her website … this blatant favouritism often made me wonder if they really had Michael’s fan community as a priority?!?
In September 2008 my Bravenet package was due to expire and I was tired of the hassles, expense and time it took for me to copy and upload books and magazines. Michael was not doing much and all we were getting were the horrible allegations and speculation. Much of the fun had gone out of it for me so I decided not to renew and let my website disappear. Bravenet then sent me an email reminding me that I needed to renew and announcing their “special offer” – five years hosting and domain for the price of three years. I can never resist a bargain so I renewed for a further five years. At this time there were numerous books and magazines being published about Michael – some nice some not so nice. I decided I would upload them so fans could read the bad as well as the good to discuss them without the expense of buying all these publications. I also at this time added a button on my site for people to make a donation towards my costs. In those five years I have had 34 donations! Michael’s fans obviously don’t like helping when they can get it for free!
Then Michael died and interest in him soared so I was busy again but not enjoying it. I made the effort but my heart wasn’t in it. Last year, shortly before her 16[SUP]th[/SUP] birthday, Jetzi died and I completely lost interest in the website and uploaded almost nothing.
I still have numerous books and magazines, many from way back so are probably quite rare. I still have videos of Michael that I haven’t uploaded yet and haven’t seen anywhere else so I presume they are rare too. Michael is gone, Jetzi is gone. Most Michael related websites have gone. Do I carry on or is it time to close jetzi-mjvideo.com down?
If you want Jetzi-mjvideo.com to stay alive please email to let me know jetzii@ntlworld.com.
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I'm emailing you now. I sort of dreaded this day would come, but you are kind and generous enough to ask first.
