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by Arigatomina » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:38 pm
If I like the way the other person made the video, I'll be excited that I get to watch it without putting in the effort to make it myself. It would be a lucky find.
If I didn't like it (usually the way a vid is presented - not the way I imagined it being put together), then I'll wince a little and think "eh, this isn't what I had in mind." Then I'd go make my vid just the way I wanted to.
Unless the other video uses the same concept, same theme, and the same footage (exact scenes) to portray that theme and concept, then it's not the 'same' video. I can watch four vids using the same 'character focus' and song, and unless they all match the exact scenes, they won't have the same delivery (impact, story), so they aren't the same video.
I'm particular about the scenes I use to make videos, so even if it were a familiar anime/song combo, chances are good the vid I imagine won't be made by anyone else. I can find some similar ideas, but not the same video.
My question in response to this:
If someone else 'takes' your idea - meaning they do a vid with the same song/concept as you did - do you get mad? If you think of something and make it 'first', does that give you rights to the combination/idea? Do you immediately compare your vid to the recently made one and gripe if you think that one is better (or boast if you think the copycat screwed the idea up)? Or do you just shrug and figure that eventually someone else was going to arrive at that idea - big world, similar humans doing the editing, and all that.
