Machinima for Dummies comments

"The Power Of Internets" by Algernon

Sat, 17 May 2008 12:02:13 +0100

Of course FINDING the other 1,407 people, or having them find you amongst the throngs of dross and spam takes some doing.

"The Power Of Internets" by Johnnie Ingram

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:07 +0100

Yeah, I love this little factoid - all the more so because it’s quite true, and provable by the power of Science.

"The Power Of Internets" by Overman

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:42:23 +0100

Ooo, I likey.

"The Power Of Internets" by Kate

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:02 +0100

I wish they were in my time zone.

"The Power Of Internets" by Matt

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:02:32 +0100

lol - so true!

"The non-game speedbump" by Hugh "Nomad" Hancock

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:10:27 +0100

Just realised I never replied to Tom. No, of course I don’t mind you using the same poem - go ahead!

"Interesting... "Non-Takedown" notice" by Algernon

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:05:10 +0100

The labels wouldn’t go for this, as it would mean giving up control over the sorts of things associated with their brand. If you made a violent, sex infested piece, and stuck a track by a squeaky clean pop band on it, the record company wouldn’t want to have watered down their claim to get it removed by allowing others to use the track for their own purposes. I think this is why the major labels have been slow in enforcing copyright, they don’t necessarily mind the publicity that an infringing work brings them, but they still want the option of stopping uses they see as not in their best interests.

"Interesting... "Non-Takedown" notice" by micnit

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:01:56 +0100

this is - quite frankly - the most intelligent thing I have heard about the issue ever. Probably because it is money-driven. I really like the song - put a link to buy it next to it and you might make you 99 cents on iTunes. Where can this go from here? Could this be a consistent model? One where the artist could “tag” machinima movies and plainly offer them as commercials for google-like targeting information distribution media (to find a nicer word than commercial). For example: Engines might shoot commercials when machinimas are “tagged” with the name of underlying game engine - and might create a huge viewer/ fan base this way.

The artist might rotate in the grave - but it might be up to you what you would “tag.”

"Interesting... "Non-Takedown" notice" by Overman

Sun, 11 May 2008 02:29:46 +0100

I’ve come to think that probably a best case scenario for a machinima video which uses copyrighted content (be it games or music) would be for the infringed-upon entity to let us continue showing people the work we created. I really do think wishing for any “rights” beyond that is a pipe dream. There’s just not any incentive for them to do so.

As such, this is probably about as good a thing as CAN happen when copyrighted content is used. And we can’t afford to begrudge them for the ad dollars aspect, else I think it undermines our “this usage isn’t hurting you” argument.

"Yes, but is it machinima?" by mrdougan

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:24:47 +0100

As the instigator of the debate (this time round), I’d thought it best to poke my head round the proverbial door and say hi. I feel honoured that so many of the machinima community have come forward offering their perspectives on what machinima is or isn’t.

I confess however, that despite hearing such heated debate from multiple sources I still have issues with Trick/Glitch/Frag videos being graded as machinima, but I do accept its what makes people happy (and keeps them entertained).

So I’ll call it a day ;-)