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Is legal (moral, ethical) modify Emumovies snap videos without permission?
Circo:
All right, every chill out for a second.....
My videos are freely distributed, I appreciate that he mentions the website. In the past most folks have ran redistribution by me and I have always said ok, but that is just a matter of being polite. Unfortunately you can not copyright hard work and I think I would have a hard time trying to prove that a mario video is my property. Now here is the only issue (if you can call it that) I have been doing the same exact thing in between working on the mame set. I have been re-editing all of the old sets to be 30 sec clips 22k 20-25 sec of gameplay, cropped and all that. Also changing naming conventions to no-intro and verifying non no intro sets since naming has been an issue. I hate to see double work done is all.
Cananas, thanks for looking out for me, I really appreciate it! :)
Gonzo90017, I have no issues with what your doing, maybe you might want to help out a bit or I could browse through your edits and it might save me some time. I am real picky about quality, more so now than when I started this project. So I would like to know your process. Let me know!
Now everyone get along!!! ;D
gonzo90017:
Cananas: Ok you still deny that you distribute illegal material. That's ok the proof is in the link. People can see it with there own eyes. Oh yeah, get a life.
Circo: I'm glad you're not offended. Just don't know why this guy had to go across the web globe to criticize me. Like I said before this was just something I was doing in my free time and decided to share it with everyone else instead of keeping it to myself. I didn't see anything wrong with it. Except till this guy came along. I have been posting these videos since August 13 and never got one complain.
You can check out the videos in the link above. All I have done is just remove the intros and if the gameplay is too long remove some more. I have not re-encoded any of the videos. Since as you know it reduces the quality of the video. The people that run no-intro screenshot archive have asked me to name them in the no-intro naming convention so I will be doing that shortly. I have about 8 systems to go. So I might be finished by this time next week. Let me know what you think.
Circo:
Sounds good, although I am still keeping the intros 5 sec or so, so I probably would not use them. Also many are being completely redone (25% in the case of super nintendo) and they are all in xvid now instead of divx for compatability.
You may want to let them know that the official packs are going no intro as well. And as long as you reference the source and note your modifications I am cool with it.
And give Cannanas a break, he is just looking out for me and understands that I work on these sets like a full time job. And I work 50+ hours a week at my real job to boot :-[ EmuMovies is used almost like a brand these days (kinda cool if you ask me) but I really do not have any legal right and they have been redistributed plenty but most folks do ask first. But like I said, not a huge deal to me, but I have been trying to work with the no intro folks but have never recieved a response.
gonzo90017:
--- Quote ---You may want to let them know that the official packs are going no intro as well. And as long as you reference the source and note your modifications I am cool with it.
--- End quote ---
They have known since the beginning about the modifications and source. And don't worry i'll let them know tonight.
--- Quote ---EmuMovies is used almost like a brand these days (kinda cool if you ask me) but I really do not have any legal right and they have been redistributed plenty but most folks do ask first. But like I said, not a huge deal to me,
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If I knew that he was going to make a big fuzz about it I would've done it from the begining. But I didn't think it was a big deal. And apparently he's the only one.
Howard_Casto:
Gonzo, you aren't getting it, that is just disrespectful. It's one thing if you can't get ahold of the person in question and the stuff seems to be abandoned, but when it's an active project, you should always ask permission. It isn't a matter of legality or morality but of respect. The emuMovies project is circo's baby! You wouldn't "borrow" somebody's baby without asking would you?
So know he's (I assume you mean Cananas?) not the only one. The thing is, for the most part, people around here aren't going to pick a fight over something like this so they are afraid to say anything. Luckily, I'm not one of those people. >:D
I'm not trying to start a fight, you and Circo seem to be ok and that is the important thing, but I get the impression from that reply that you think you did nothing wrong and Cananas is in the wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Sorry to butt in....... everyone else go back to your business.
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