so lets set this up so that it makes more sence. and maybe it will help everyone.
i make music. im by no means good, like third earth here, but i DO make it. for fun no less, as i am also sure that third earth does. i have made a few songs, nothing to big, but yea, i made a few songs. makign up my own melodies too, not just rehashing some premixed beats that came with my sampler.
now, lets go path A. and on path A i make an AMV to my own song, using something like Trigun. do i call up ADV and ask them if i can? most likly no. should i? yes. has anyone here ever done that? not to my knowing, and yes, i know about AD and his Noir amv, not the same, they came to him. so yea, i did something i shouldent have done. i stole ADVs footage without asking them. now, their is not a single person here that would say that what i did was wrong. not at all. well, ok, so yea, it is wrong, but unlike what i see going on here in this thread, no one would think twice about it.
now, path B, i host my song. let people download it. give it out to all my freinds. put it up on mp3.com or something. just let people listen to it for fun. and by chance, someone here gets it, and is moved to make an AMV to it. course, as almost no one here does, they DONT ask me to use it, and i just happen to find it on local or something. now THIS amv is totaly wrong, not only did they not even ask me, they didnt ask whoever made the footage if they could us it. and again, no one would think twice about this. and hell, if i found one of my songs made into an AMV, id be very happy, exstatic even! but even if i was totaly outraged, would that stop AMVs? maybe done to my music, but all the stealing would still go on and no one would think twice about it.
now, path C. i made this song. i want an AMV made to it. but i cant, im just not moved by it. or what ever, i lost Premiere or something. for some reason i just cant, and so, i come here, and i post in the sudgestions forum about this song and that hey, maybe someone should make an AMV to it. this happens all the time. nothing seems to be wrong with it. weather or not im trying to make it big in the music indrustry, why is that wronger then paths A and B?
simple fact is, we are all already stealing footage, all the time. and the issues of this has been beaten to death a hundread times over. if you dont like his idea, then just dont post. jbone and dokool are both right, but third earth is likewise not at fault. what if aerosmith came here asking someone to make an AMV for them? would you bitch at them as much? and whats the difrence, that they have money?
curently i am waiting for a return email from ADV. i wanted to know from them just how much it would cost to buy the rights to use their footage in an AMV, a totaly leagel AMV mind you. when i get a responce, ill post it, as it would make intresting reading =P
in the mean time, let all artest be what they are. this guy wants someone to make an AMV to his song, is that so wrong? i say no, and i for one will at least listen to the songs he has before i just dismiss him totaly, and especaly on such losse grounds as "oh no, i might get sued if i made this AMV"
as if you didnt already know that with all your other AMVs
~XenoDrake
