Anime Expo 2011 Anime Music Video Contest rules are up!

[The Wired Knight]

I'm with Mallard actually. AX can easily be found liable as a secondary infringer IMO should this ever go to trial. It's not like they can say they blindly assumed that all copyright laws were followed in the production of the videos being showcased. I don't think anybody is expecting AX to indemnify them but AX can't reasonably expect to hide behind a veil of ignorance if a hammer ever came down on the matter.

That said the prize thing actually concerns me a bit only by virtue of this is crossing a line on copyright we origianlly didn't so clearly cross. That being making money off this hobby.By doing such the copyright boundry gets worse because now companies can argue we are profiting by it. Nobody would really say shit about little trophy or perhaps a small prize but now that there is a significant dollar value to what the winners recieve the spotlight will suddenly shine more in our direction and I find that concerning.

[outlawed]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/php ... 33#1054233

Nice to see the Pirated Copy of Adobe AfterEffects competition finally has a legit prize!

lawlz

[machina21]

I was even reading on the AMV forum that people were saying they will quit their jobs and make AMV's for a living (yet I hope they were joking).

[Castor Troy]

I was even reading on the AMV forum that people were saying they will quit their jobs and make AMV's for a living (yet I hope they were joking).

People? That was just me.

[Castor Troy]

What a beautiful media circus this has and will become.

My 4 day badge and hotel are all ready for this July.

[Sephiroth]

You don't even know the half of it Castor

[Rider4Z]

What a beautiful media circus this has and will become.

My 4 day badge and hotel are all ready for this July.

i believe that when i see it.

[Castor Troy]

Let's go picket the amv contest with signs showing how wrong it is!

[The Wired Knight]

Can we make the signs read "Will make AMVs for free" or "Stop the scabs?"

[madmallard]

In my view, the problem isn't confined to AMVs.

Any endeavor that claims to be fan-based or fan-promoting i feel has a credibility problem with offering cash prizes.

A prize in a con shouldn't be cash, it should be something that in some way enhances the fandom it derives from. The prize can be very valuable, thats not the issue. Cash is a cop-out to me....

We'll just have to wait and see. I'm not its director, and I'm not its attendee, so anything else I have to say on the matter is only academic.