xstylus wrote:So what are you asking? Is it that you want AX to indemnify you or something? Because no convention will do that.
Not hold us liable? That's how I see it now and that means if something happens regarding an entry I sent then it's on my head and AX is indemnified.
xstylus wrote:That doesn't alleviate 100% of the legal issues, but it's closer to being legal than posting on YouTube or even the org.
Illegal distribution/screening of copyrighted content is not my worry and I don't see a way a creator could be held liable for that at a convention. Illegal derivative work is what I'm worried about with that rule. Everyone here always assumes creators like AMVs. What happens when one of them is highly offended by what you did with their footage?
At any rate there are only a couple cons I know of for sure that involve lawyers in their rules or have clauses similar to this. The AX one is the strongest I know of especially because as BasharOfTheAges pointed out we all know we are lying to that rule and this includes the people running the AX AMV contest.
I like how everyone gets wound up about mostly meaningless bullshit or drama like last year but when it comes down to the elephant in the room the masses just don't get it.