Anime Matsuri - Deadline update!!!

[Dizzycrasher]

The Anime Matsuri 2009 AMV contest will be extending our deadline period from February 28th to March 16th 2009.
Not to mention that you can submit up to 8 videos! Also make sure to note that you do not have to be present to win and or receive your prize($100 cash plus more)...we will make arrangements to get it to you. So many of you out of towners can still participate
But trust me this is one con you can't miss.

Some things about Anime Matusri you might not know....our rates for the hotel http://www.animematsuri.com/index_html.php is running rates at only $99.00 at night. Can't beat that deal.

We are getting some great musical act such as DJ Heavygrinder for our club AM!!! Come dance the night away
http://www.djheavygrinder.com/djheavygrinder
http://www.myspace.com/djheavygrinder

Oh and did I mention that MIYAVI will also be in attendance. (Can't Miss)
http://www.myspace.com/miyavi
I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

And never to miss out on is the great line up of quests who some of will be your panel judges for the AMV contest!

Crispen Freeman, Quinton Flynn, Stephanie Young, Luci Christian, Chris Patton, Blake Shepard, Misako Rocks!, Matt Miller, Lillyxandra, Blinkx, Gren and Cynthia Rothrock. Woot!!! Woot!!!

ok thanks guys im out for now if you would like to visit our official site and forums PLZ follow the links below.
http://www.animematsuri.com/
http://www.mashharder.com/
So get those videos in as soon as you can cause you don't wanna miss the second deadline!

[BasharOfTheAges]

Just want to say offering cash prizes for an AMV contest is a horrible idea that has the potential to get you in serious shit with the RIAA and anime companies. It's copyright infringement as it is - don't make it for-profit as well.

[Kionon]

Indeed. I'd rather you use that budget to make nice trophies.

[Rider4Z]

okay someone needs to fix the website so people will know when the convention is i looked all over and couldn't find any dates. PUT IT IN THE LOGO OR SOMETHING!! GAH!

[Dizzycrasher]

Thanks for the input guys much needed....When you sell your video for profit that's when you will get into trouble and big trouble...we will be working and asking most of the companies if it is ok to show the videos for a fun and friendly AMV competition, that will give out prizes including one cash prize for our tip winner. Were not selling there Anime for a profit. A profit is when you sell something and make cash from it..no contestant will be selling there AMV's to us nor will we be buying the AMV. We are also going to be putting a Creative Commons Licensing with every video which clearly states that the work under the license is not that of the original maker and still gives all credit to the original maker.


We do have trophies for all of our place winners.


OK the date is right on the first page of our Con website. But just in case you still can't find it the dates are April 10th-12th
Here's the site again...
http://www.animematsuri.com/

And here is the site to our official forums as well...
http://www.mashharder.com/

Once again thanks for the input...always needed

[Rider4Z]

OK the date is right on the first page of our Con website. But just in case you still can't find it the dates are April 10th-12th
Here's the site again...
http://www.animematsuri.com/

ok cool. that just drives me crazy when i want to know the dates and they aren't obviously displayed and i have to go fishing for them

on a side note tho, i'ma have to agree with Bashar about the cash prize i think it's very risky.

[JaddziaDax]

I'd rather have trophies or swag if i won

[BasharOfTheAges]

Thanks for the input guys much needed....When you sell your video for profit that's when you will get into trouble and big trouble...we will be working and asking most of the companies if it is ok to show the videos for a fun and friendly AMV competition, that will give out prizes including one cash prize for our tip winner. Were not selling there Anime for a profit. A profit is when you sell something and make cash from it..no contestant will be selling there AMV's to us nor will we be buying the AMV. We are also going to be putting a Creative Commons Licensing with every video which clearly states that the work under the license is not that of the original maker and still gives all credit to the original maker.

You don't seem to understand the issue. If you give a cash prize, the recipient (the person that won) is profiting. They are receiving money. It's clear cut.
Secondly - you can't put a CC license on something unless every bit of it is covered under the Creative Commons License. You can ask any or all of the anime companies in the world to give you permissions. And if by some stretch that worked, you still don't have CC rights for the music, unless the music was published under CC.

[Dizzycrasher]

Yes everything will be under a CC licensing including the music.

I'd rather have trophies or swag if i won

But if the crowd wants more swag then we can change it for you guys no problem. Its all about what the con goer's want, which is what we strive for and always ask your your input on. If your not happy or want the prize, whats the point of entering...haha...right?

So this is when we need your help most of all...what kind of prize/s would you like to see in place of the $100 cash?
Would you like DVD'S, voucher to the dealers room, CD'S, Autographed work? (I just got a Edward Elric doll in signed by VIC himself..Woot) Or maybe a bit of it all... just let us know and maybe we can make it happen, we aim to please!

[Dr. Derpface, J.D.]

Yes everything will be under a CC licensing including the music.

You seem to misunderstand the way licenses work. If the music was not originally released under Creative Commons, then you CANNOT put it under CC without the express permission of the copyright holder (in this case, the record label). Saying "this isn't the editor's original music, but we're attributing the copyright holder" will not fly, as their work is still being used without permission. THAT is where providing cash prizes gets you in trouble, as you are then providing a profit for non-authorized use of copyrighted material.

What you propose would be akin to taking the source code for Windows 7, changing it here and there, and selling it as something else while saying "It's cool! I put all the code under GPL so it's legit!". Not gonna fly...



And now that I've had a chance to read the entire post, I can't help but think you are setting your contest up for failure anyway. Your post is dated the 6th, the original deadline was the 28th, and you tell people they can flood you with up to EIGHT videos? I really hope you're not expecting Skittles quality from your submissions with that kind of time crunch (even if it has been extended by a few weeks).

Without being an asshole (as I sometimes can be), I'll say that the time + the number of videos allowed per editor is only going to end in heartbreak and fail. Not only are you encouraging people to fish for awards, getting even ONE video done in such a short amount of time will likely leave you with a lot of Linkinball-Z videos done in WMM.