Are Mvids Really Illegal?

shinto · Post by **shinto** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 3:18 pm

*points at small red crosshair moving towards the point between troys legs* watchit mate!

paizuri · Post by **paizuri** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 3:28 pm

This reminds me of a conversation I never had with Himiko...

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Himiko: Well, AMVs are legal there, right?

paizuri: Yeah, they're legal, but they ain't a hundred percent legal. I mean you can't walk into a restaurant, start up an AMV, and start puffin' away. You're only supposed to watch in your home or certain designated places.

Himiko: Those are AMV conventions?

paizuri: Yeah, it breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it and, if you're the proprietor of an AMV comvention, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, which doesn't really matter 'cause -- get a load of this -- if the cops stop you, it's illegal for them to search you. Searching you is a right that the cops in Amsterdam don't have.

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Actually, some of the things mentioned above are wrong, but I was trying to change the least amount of dialogue possible to still make sense.

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 3:41 pm

This reminds me of a conversation I had with Paizuri's dog once:

Me: What does Paizuri look like?

Dog: Wh-what?

Me: What country you from?

Dog: Wh-what?

Me: "What" ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in "What"?

Dog: Wh-what?

Me: English, motherfucker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?

Dog: Yes.

Me: Then you know what I'm talking about. What does Paizuri look like?

Dog: What?

Me: SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! I DARE YA, I DOUBLE-DARE YA, MOTHERFUCKER, SAY "WHAT" ONE MORE GODDAMN TIME!

Dog: He's asian!

Me: Go on...

Dog: He's scrawny!

Me: Does he look like a bitch?

Dog: What?

Me: :blam: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?

Dog: Yes!

Me: Oh. No wonder. My mistake, sorry.

And unlike Paizuri, I didn't have to look up the dialogue

I think I'm at least sort of close

TemprateRage · Post by **TemprateRage** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 4:00 pm

if any thing i would think that the companys would like haveing there videos used....its kinda like an advertisemtnet for the anime cartoon...as for themusic..im clueless

H-K-A · Post by **H-K-A** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 4:08 pm

Mutants are very real

-We are the future Himiko, not them 8)

Mechaman · Post by **Mechaman** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 8:22 pm

Himiko: "Intense."
paizuri: "The life of a video editor is ALWAYS intense."

Kuso: "Ordinary people spend their whole lives getting out of tense AMV contests. A video editor spends his time getting into tense AMV contests, but only for the free drinks."

Kamoc · Post by **Kamoc** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 8:33 pm

it violates the 16th ammendment, which is in fact 3 times better than the standard 5th ammendment.

Gaikotsu · Post by **Gaikotsu** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 10:23 pm

Like TemprateRage said, amvs are a kind of advertisement. As a matter of fact, I decided to start collecting two series after seeing amvs that used footage from them: Trigun and Saber Marionette J. Besides, it's not like we're distributing full episodes/movies or anything.

FurryCurry · Post by **FurryCurry** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 10:36 pm

Gaikotsu wrote:Like TemprateRage said, amvs are a kind of advertisement. As a matter of fact, I decided to start collecting two series after seeing amvs that used footage from them: Trigun and Saber Marionette J. Besides, it's not like we're distributing full episodes/movies or anything.

Which is why, while the anime distributors can't endorse the creation of AMV's, have proven quite willing to turn a blind eye to them. Hooray for free advertising.

The Record Industry Asshole Alliance no doubt sees it differently, event though AMV's can and do have the the same effect for music as anime, and large, cumbersome video files are a really lousy way to get hold of a song.

AnimeMusicVideos.org

Are Mvids Really Illegal?

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