I understand that one of the animations in the "Robot" round used models
taken directly off of the Lightwave CD-ROM, without attribution in the
.txt file, which is required by the contest rules.  The animation in
question didn't win anything.

What's going to be done as a consequence of this?  As I see things,
these options are available:

1)  Do nothing.  This is unfair to the people who submitted only their
own work, and to those who gave credit where credit was due.

2)  Handicap the score awarded by the judges.  Subtract a flat amount
from the artist's score.  Still might not be fair, especially since it
will still influence the judges' perceptions of the other entrants.

3)  Disqualify the animation.  Specifically, leave the submission on
the viewing page, but disallow any votes to be made for it.  Good and
fair, except that again it has the same problem as option two.

4)  Delete the animation from the IRTC server.  Pretend it never
happened.  This prevents tainted work from influencing the vote.

I leave this up to further deabte.

Regards,
John

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