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by Laurie Calvert
Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:32 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Copyright on YouTube
Replies: 6
Views: 8311

Thanks for the reply.

Does anyone know if there is any way to obtain clearence for YuoTube? Or for visual elements? Let us know if you know.
by Laurie Calvert
Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:49 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Copyright on YouTube
Replies: 6
Views: 8311

Copyright on YouTube

I buy a yearly licence from the MCPS (and BPI & PPL) to cover musical copyrighted content in my home made movies. This, as I understand it, would allow me to play my movies publically (for example in a village hall) as long as I do not make profit. Does this license therefore cover my videos on ...
by Laurie Calvert
Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:24 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: How can a comp judge be helpful?
Replies: 44
Views: 38706

I do agree with Roy's comments about showing films in some sort of Film Show, rather than having films compete in a Competition. I would prefer this myself. It is so difficult to compare films which are not very alike, and there will always be disagreements. My friends and I have organised Film Show...
by Laurie Calvert
Mon May 14, 2007 6:17 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: How can a comp judge be helpful?
Replies: 44
Views: 38706

Thanks Dave for your comments. I've only recently judged my first IAC copetition - a triangle event at Potters Bar. Judging is a very hard thing to do, I realise now even more than before. How do you compare completely different movies for a start. At least in the Triangle they were themed together ...
by Laurie Calvert
Sun May 13, 2007 11:06 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: How can a comp judge be helpful?
Replies: 44
Views: 38706

To go back to the first posting, Dave asked if anyone has had a comment that has changed their film making life. Well Dave himself gave me a comment way back in the early eighties that helped me define my movie making style. 'Surprise Attack' was a 12 minute Super 8 film based on Star Wars. He wrote...