Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
And why exactly?? We all know that what we do is not technically sanctioned by anyone so if a label asks to have videos that are associated with their artists removed does it really mean we must boycott them.... So are we saying they are wrong and should meet our demands :shock:
As I have stated again and again, I'm not saying they're outside of their rights to do what they do. With a boycott, I state that I think there's other ways to handle these sorts of situations, and that I disapprove of their chosen method. Licensing, for instance, is an alternative that does not require removal of any material.
(Incidentally, to Phade: I would like to know the reasons cited by Wind-Up's lawyers as to why such a system is outside the scope of this site. If you can't provide those reasons, that's fine.)
That's all. It's a rather civil response, I think.
So if Bandai finally says they don't want their anime on this site, we band them too?? Where does it stop.
Well,
I'd stop buying Bandai's material, yes, and I would advocate that others do the same. (Yes, I do realize that is a significant chunk of anime; at that point, I'd probably be better off no longer making AMVs, and working on creating my own material. Anyway, that's a tangent.) You don't have to, obviously, so I don't see where this "we" comes into play.
SuperFusion wrote:Well trythil, you're right. You don't have to settle for this. All you have to do to make the bad people go away is get the licenses.
That is one method. Another method is to use work from artists who don't mind this sort of infringement, under labels who understand that enforcing copyright doesn't have to always be done in this manner.
