Dragoncon AMV Deadline Extended

Nimthiriel · Post by **Nimthiriel** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:47 pm

We have had excellent feedback for our 1st annual DragonCon AMV Contest. As a result we are extending the dealine to allow for more participants. This will be an excellent opportunity for everyone to be part of the first AMV contest DragonCon holds of many to come. We are hoping to start with a bang so encourage everyone you know to participate.

Fee: THE CONTEST IS FREE!!!

New Deadline: AUGUST 1, 2006

Please visit www.dragonconamv.com for more details.

Thanks,

Nimthiriel

Nimthiriel · Post by **Nimthiriel** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:11 am

If anyone wants to do a file share with me in order to get their amv's to me I'm on MSN.

nimthiriel@hotmail.com

Just let me know if you are going to do this so I can be sure to be online to meet you.

Thanks

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:51 am

Can I send you some Yousendit links?

JH

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:38 am

DragconAMV.com wrote: 7) Once submitted to us your video becomes property of Dragon*Con.

Uh. No. Permission to display is not the same as relinquishing ownership. Change that, and I'll submit.

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:40 am

Kionon wrote:
DragconAMV.com wrote: 7) Once submitted to us your video becomes property of Dragon*Con.
Uh. No. Permission to display is not the same as relinquishing ownership. Change that, and I'll submit.

I thought that was in the fine print of most cons?

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:41 am

JudgeHolden wrote:
Kionon wrote:
DragconAMV.com wrote: 7) Once submitted to us your video becomes property of Dragon*Con.
Uh. No. Permission to display is not the same as relinquishing ownership. Change that, and I'll submit.
I thought that was in the fine print of most cons?

Usually the fine print refers to the media (i.e. the CD/DVD you send them), and they also reserve permission to show the video (For example, AB shows their winners at other conventions when they set up tables).

But yeah, clarification here is needed.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:46 am

JudgeHolden wrote: I thought that was in the fine print of most cons?

Sure as heck not AWA's. The VAT staff would never be so presumptuous.

dokool wrote:Usually the fine print refers to the media (i.e. the CD/DVD you send them), and they also reserve permission to show the video (For example, AB shows their winners at other conventions when they set up tables).

Of course, but the right to show is in the next line. I have no issue with that. Rather, I want to make sure they are only laying claim to a single copy of the AMV, and not every copy.

Nimthiriel · Post by **Nimthiriel** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:12 pm

Here is what we mean:

1) We won't return the disk to you.
2) We can show it at future cons as "this is our winner in 2006", or "here is an example".

We do not mean that we now own all legal rights to your artistic work or any intellectual property rights.

I hope this clarifies everything for you guys.

Thanks for you interest.

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:16 pm

Nimthiriel wrote:Here is what we mean:

1) We won't return the disk to you.
2) We can show it at future cons as "this is our winner in 2006", or "here is an example".

We do not mean that we now own all legal rights to your artistic work or any intellectual property rights.

I hope this clarifies everything for you guys.

Thanks for you interest.

Can you make that explicit on the rules page over your website?

Sorry to seem like such an ass, but the difference in what you saidand what you say you mean will not reassure me as much as spelling it out in the official rules as clearly as possible.

ngsilver · Post by **ngsilver** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:35 am

it would be nice if you could take online submissions...

I can always provide a link to the con versions of my videos hosted on my own webserver if an FTP of some type is not available...

1) A 10 second bumper at the beginning and end of each submission is required.

I asume you mean black space. However, 10 seconds of black space at both the begining and end for a digital entry seems a bit much. That's normal for VHS entries, but the digital norm is only 2 secs...