Anime Network Video Contest

Metro · Post by **Metro** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:27 pm

I'm in.

SQ · Post by SQ » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:04 pm

Alright well the person said she was "Pretty sure you can only submit one entry."

So... We'll see what happens, Niotex, but you might want to consider a backup plan, because I have an idea for this, too. ><;;

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:41 pm

i might be bailing due to the fact that im xtreemly bussy atm though i'm still gonna try and sqeeze a filming session in next week =)

Coderjo · Post by **Coderjo** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:42 pm

By the way, if you use any of the audio from their page, you will not be legally allowed to distribute your clip to anyone other than Anime Network. Their rules grant you a license to use their audio clips for making contest entries ONLY.

SPECIAL RULES GOVERNING CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU AS PART OF THIS CONTEST. wrote:2. You are granted a limited license to download from our website, reproduce, edit, combine with other material and upload to our website the ANI Content solely in connection with the Contest and for no other purpose.

and

PROHIBITED USE OF ANI CONTENT wrote:You agree that you will not use the ANI Content for any Prohibited Use. “Prohibited Use” means any use that:

1. Is illegal under any applicable law or in violation of any administrative rule or court order
2. Infringes or violates or could violate any rights of any kind of any person or entity including without limitation privacy rights, copyrights trademark rights, patent rights, trade secret rights or any other intellectual property right
3. Is or could be defamatory, libelous or obscene
4. Is or could be perceived as threatening, hateful, abusive or harassing
5. Is or could be perceived as racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable
6. Functions or could function so as to harm or damage property of any kind or to impair that property’s use or functionality in any way.
7. Is prohibited or in violation of any of our other rules and polices as may be outlined in our website Terms and Conditions of Use (found [here]).
8. Violates the limited license described in the immediately preceding section.
9. Encourages or promotes any of the things described by this list.

Distribution would fall into the area covered in number 2 of the "Prohibited use" section.

Just thought people should know about this. I am still lacking on ideas for this, save for one crazy idea I had last night, which I would never be able to pull off.

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:45 am

Bleh. Original content I can probably handle... but absolutely none of those audio tracks have much if any appeal. Does anyone know if you have to use them, or is it alright to use original audio instead? I can understand them not wanting you using your own songs because they'd have to get the license for them, but if you use your own audio, I'd think it shouldn't be a problem...

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:59 pm

Coderjoe wrote:By the way, if you use any of the audio from their page, you will not be legally allowed to distribute your clip to anyone other than Anime Network. Their rules grant you a license to use their audio clips for making contest entries ONLY.

Is it possible to use those audio clips for anything at all? :P

I and some of my friends were interested in entering this, until we were slammed against a wall by the overwhelming blandness of the audio.

Heck, the Country selections in the BackTraxx library has more appeal than what they put up...

SQ · Post by SQ » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:17 pm

I'm not sure if you can use your own audio or not, but they probably have nothing against it.

I DO know, however, that you can mux those tracks together however you choose. =p

Metro · Post by **Metro** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:56 pm

Anime Network wrote:You must use music we supply. You could use your own or someone else’s music but we won’t even bother watching your video if you do

Source

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:52 am

I think they're pretty clear that "you will use our music or else".

I don't know how much it can help, but it couldn't hurt to look at some of the ad's they're running now. There is one at the start of their (ADV's) newer DVDs just after the FBI plug. But it uses anime scenes which is verboten for this contest.

If you're a Comcast subscriber with a digital box, check out the short eyecatch that runs just after you select an Anime Network title. I've seen two different shorts, both using original footage (mostly) and both lasting about 10-15 seconds:

One has live action footage of an underground garage while an animated cable (or something like that) snakes through the pillars. Background music is techno.

The other has a live action scene of cars parked along a street. A Macross jet flies in, hovers, beams up one of the cars, and takes off. Light elevator music plays.

KagatoAMV · Post by **KagatoAMV** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:43 pm

somewhere I have a mini DV tape I shot at AX 2000, I wonder if I can turn that into anything.

But yeah, those audio tracks....