Petro wrote:"That wouldn't be upset that all of your editing and hard work was being used by someone else when they didn't ask you?"
...are we talking about some kid using someone's AMV's as footage for their own, or are we talking about
ourselves, and how we don't get written permission from the anime's creators?
I'm certain they would be much more upset that all
their hard work was 'being used by someone else' when they
(ie. we) didn't ask 'em. And yet... we don't loose any sleep over it. We even justify it, using claims we have no idea about, with words like
"legitimate use", and
"free publicity".
It's easy to whine about all the blood and tears we've shed over our editing and creative juices when the anime studios aren't serving us
Cease & Desist notices.
I didn't make a request that PIONEER forward to LAIN's creative staff my letter asking them if I could use their creation in my AMV. I'm pretty certain they don't even know my AMV exists. I'm sure they'd be upset to find out that all
their editing and hard work was being used by someone else who didn't even ask... but they
don't know, so I'm not loosing any sleep over it.
If someone grabs some LAINstation footage without asking me, I won't be upset, because I have no moral highground to climb up on. By requesting that they ask me first is just me trying to bring a lil' community togetherness and pleasant communication into this place. I'm not
demanding that they must get written permission from me first... permission is is already there. It'd just be nice if they mentioned their intent is all. If they don't, it'd be unfortunate... but I won't be feeling violated anytime soon.
We use the creator's work to create our own. Now others use our creations as
their own. We're a part of a cycle, not the beginning and end of it. I know it's hard, but our ego's will just have to learn to accept that.
Kisses XXOOXX
Jen

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