Live Video Streaming At An Anime Con

[hackerzc]

lol sorry Scintilla, you're correct, it's "rights"... I was in a bit of a hurry. You understood the meaning though, and that's the important part.

DJ_Izumi, there are more ways to broadcast a signal than over the air transmissions.
Keep in mind that Cable Television is a closed circuit system as well. The issue does not come from the distance the signal will be traveling but rather has more to do with the means in which it will be distributed. The key issue here is distribution, and also why the entire situation becomes compounded by the fact you will be distributing copyrighted material across this network (or possibly online).
Keep in mind that you can not just show anime or AMV's at a convention because you happen to be an anime convention run by a non-profit organization. That FBI warning applies you do just the same.
Now to be honest I do not know much about how conventions deal with procuring rights to show anime or other materials in video rooms, however I do know that for the AMV contest (at least at Otakon) we are required to have in our possession signed waivers stating that the creator of the the video has obtained permission to use any and all materials within their video, and that they also have the power and will to convey those rights to the convention. Furthermore it also gives us the right to show, reject, alter, distribute (if we so choose), or otherwise use that footage in any way we see fit, and it's all legally binding.
In addition to the waiver giving us permission the the audio and video in the submission we also have licenses suited to individual elements (ie: a general ASCAP license for the music).

Nothing I say here should be used as legal advise as I am not a lawyer. Rather it is a suggestion that before you intend to use any such system, you consult with an attorney who can tell you the exact restrictions and legal implications you would have to contend with. It all varies somewhat from place to place and venue to venue.
Do yourself and the host convention a favor and learn what you need to first. Do not simply assume or guess. You clearly do not know enough about it at this point to be making a sound and informed decision.

[DJ_Izumi]

You still don't seem to understand the copyright issue here.

Anime conventions regularly show anime and AMVs. Showing any anime to several displays at the convention streaming to them from a central server does not add any extra legal risk, since it's the same content already being shown elsewhere.

I'll explain to you how permissions for showing anime at a convention is aquired owever.

1) If the anime is lisenced by a North American company, ask them nicely for permission to use it, they'll usually give it.
2) If the anime is unlisenced and only a Japanese company holds any rights to it... .... ...Don't ask, don't tell.

I think you getting the AMV editors to sign a waver saying that they aquired legal access to the footage and are forwarding you some of that right is ADORABLE. Since probably only 0.1% of creators have done such a thing, but you're not legally responsble cause they're the ones who lied to you. I am in posession of the deed to the Brooklyn bridge, I would like to sell it to your convention so you can offer the bridge away as a prize, interested?

So your warning on copyright is moot and useless, thank you.

As for broadcasting legaltiy, the CRTC is not going to care if we blast video from one room at a convention to several other rooms in the same campus.

[hackerzc]

You still don't seem to understand the copyright issue here.

Anime conventions regularly show anime and AMVs. Showing any anime to several displays at the convention streaming to them from a central server does not add any extra legal risk, since it's the same content already being shown elsewhere.

I'll explain to you how permissions for showing anime at a convention is aquired owever.

1) If the anime is lisenced by a North American company, ask them nicely for permission to use it, they'll usually give it.
2) If the anime is unlisenced and only a Japanese company holds any rights to it... .... ...Don't ask, don't tell.

I think you getting the AMV editors to sign a waver saying that they aquired legal access to the footage and are forwarding you some of that right is ADORABLE. Since probably only 0.1% of creators have done such a thing, but you're not legally responsble cause they're the ones who lied to you. I am in posession of the deed to the Brooklyn bridge, I would like to sell it to your convention so you can offer the bridge away as a prize, interested?

So your warning on copyright is moot and useless, thank you.

As for broadcasting legaltiy, the CRTC is not going to care if we blast video from one room at a convention to several other rooms in the same campus.

Wow you know so much more than I do. Your logic is flawless. I'll just shut up now, and you go ahead and do whatever it is you wanna do. After all, I only run the AMV contest for the second largest anime convention in the western hemisphere. What would I know?
Have a nice day!