"John VanSickle" <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Lance Birch wrote:
> >
> > I've just looked through the latest entries for the animation round
> > (Speed) and noticed that there are several instances of copyright
> > music being used without permission.
> >
> > What gives?  I take it this isn't allowed (it never used to be).
>
> Two ways for the judges to deal with this:
>
> 1)  View animations with the sound turned off.  I already judge the
> anims this way (since judges are supposed to ignore sound).
>
> 2) Turn the sound on, and if copyrights are violated, award a scare of
> 1-1-1 to every violating entry.  I already plan to do this if I see a
> copyright violation in the visual media.
>
> The administrators could reject the entries for being in violation of
> the rules.

Hmm, thanks John, I'll have to take another look soon.  I actually plan on
voting this round (I believe it's the first time I've ever had the bandwidth
and time available to vote on an animation round!)

Regards,

Lance.

thezone.firewave.com.au
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