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This is sicking. Just to squeeze more money from furfags like Justin Beiber.
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Art is dead these day, Money seem to be everything now
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Love it.
This is certainly the way NewGrounds is meant to be.

I have to agree with Rucklo, Sgt. Schultz Clock, Angel of Peace, Omega Red, and Zack Striefel on this issue. At the same time, I'm all for original content, but only if it's good. To me, it's not in the length, the animation quality, originality, or what have you; it's the end result that counts. Truth is, I think that there needs to be much needed copyright reform, considering how stringent copyright laws have become these days. That's the reasonably short answer, now here's the longer one:
I don't have a problem with commercial music and video game graphics in flash movies As Long As The Following Criteria Are Met:
-The subject isn't overdone (though I do like I Dream In Retro and Super Mario Second Chance).
-The Author has at least one or two original cartoons/games under their belt.
-The Author is just doing this to have fun and not use the site as a means to get rich quick. (More on this later)
This, of course, is one reason why I have both McFretN and Kine The Genius in my favorite authors list, as well as I Dream In Retro and The Undead in my favorite flash movies. Both original and derived projects live in co-existence in my book. On the other hand, I'm in favor of original content, and being original is good. However, that's only if the idea and the execution work; otherwise we end up with the likes of Minushi, Clock Suckers, Lethal Injection (or anything by Notorious), Leo & Satan (though I thought the first one was a laugh riot), Tarboy, and Waldemar Schuur's Furbaby just to name a few. This brings up a point that I want to make: Most of the authors who use NG as a means to get rich quick are usually the ones with original characters. (Examples: James Farr and those guys who submit motion comics.) Of course, there are original cartoonists who read what others have to say, post on this forum, or take the time to review other people's submissions. These authors include:
-Dave Lovelace
-Jack Smack
-Rick Marin
-Mike Swain
-RPGsrok
-Nitro Titan
-Dean Packis
-The Walrus
-Rokkan Saturn
Then there are those who claim to be ardently against the use of copyrighted stuff in flash movies in games, but when they use the aforementioned in their own creations; it renders their position null and void. And if they have been exposed for their fucked-up hypocrisies: then I expect their credibility to go down the shitter, followed by they being subject to the NG Assassin treatment.
Finally, there are authors who may not be completely original, but take the stuff they like and make it into their own. These are usually the most prevalent of the 'original' authors and most of them are well-respected if I recall. This is all I have to say on this issue, and it wasn't easy for me to say. However, I thought that my opinion on this issue was needed.

Side Note: Now, I'm all for property rights of all kinds, but I'm also in favor of copyright reform.

At 12/10/10 05:57 PM, TomFulp wrote: He has to finish redoing all the existing features for the redesign first. Because we always end up redoing everything.

Ban him from the BBS then, he's wasting his FREE TIME!

This will seriously impact the community of music video creators, of which I consider myself one.

I do agree that music artists should be paid for their hard work, but if the animator doesn't load it up with flash ads and doesn't make any money off his/her own hard work, how can anyone complain? I also agree that the audio portal contains hundreds of purely talented individuals, but sometimes there is a limit to free talent; if a person is talented enough, they'll want to get paid for it and won't give it away for free.

I guess the only option is to seek permission for every music video I ever do, like I did for my current project I'm working on (slowly). I got the permission for the music, but now I'm worried because I'm using loose versions of copyrighted characters in the animation. Here's hoping I can call in parody. *fingers crossed*

This is actually a total downer for me, not to say that I didn't expect it at all...

I've been working on this animation for a while containing tons of music from all sorts of soundtracks, which I have been accumulating for probably most of my life (my soundtracks playlist is just over 2.4k songs). I guess I'll have to scrap that then, what a waste. However I need to honor the code

:(

Thanks for the dicks Tom, I really needed the encouragement for my Pokemon persona - Dicklett!

I feel for animators this will be kinda a rough change immediately, but itll ultimately be for the betterment.

Also a job search feature would be great. http://wooshii.com has a system style that NG people could take advantage of. Im not saying copying them, but some method of getting artists, musicians, etc. connected with people who want to purchase their creative content.

You're taking away my freedom to express myself with things I didn't make myself.

Well, it could be worse. Anybody remember what happenned to Youtube where all videos featuring licensed songs needed the song removed or the video will be removed?

I feel like I'm not so in touch with the Audio or even the Art Portal as I should be. I'll definitely look for audio tracks for my future projects from there, and maybe ask an artist if he'd be interested in drawing a menu or something. Couldn't hurt. After all, the users of this site aren't faceless, penny-pinching corporations.

I'm glad you're cracking down on that. :)
What will you do about pedophilia art and video portal entries? Are you going to take care of chronically abusive members as well or is this just a copyright thing?

wow... Copyright laws nowadays... why can't they just understand that we want to borrow their work to improve ours...so that's like promoting theirs in a way.

At 12/10/10 07:06 PM, MindChamber wrote: yah I can see this really hinders your freedom judging by the tons of submissions you made, sorry we're holding you back.

Sorry i haven't made any submissions, but not everybody is as artistically gitfed as other or have full knowlege of computation since my school cut it when we were studying powerpoint...for the 4th time.At least i try to protect our rights. I dont know from where this attack comes from, since i haven't attacked the newground team. I just found it outrageous that this site was targeted for copyright when there is no reason for it, i mean can we download copyrighted music here? No, Films? No, So why now Tom comes with this announcement? If some one uses a song then it usually just a part of it or if it the full song the flash is a music video.
Oh well, next i'm just gonna shut up when someone starts walking over me or SOMETHING I CARE FOR.

Well shit. I was planning on making a game based on the stylings of Caravan Palace, with original sounds, graphics and all that jazz, designing everything around the songs, but now I guess that's not possible. I doubt any other soundtrack would truly do for what I was planning, so I'm still hoping it's somewhat acceptable for me to submit it when it's finished.

So does this mean the entire Radiohead collection is gonna be taken down?

At 12/10/10 07:39 PM, idontknow2 wrote:

At 12/10/10 07:06 PM, MindChamber wrote: yah I can see this really hinders your freedom judging by the tons of submissions you made, sorry we're holding you back.

Sorry i haven't made any submissions, but not everybody is as artistically gitfed as other or have full knowlege of computation since my school cut it when we were studying powerpoint...for the 4th time.At least i try to protect our rights. I dont know from where this attack comes from, since i haven't attacked the newground team. I just found it outrageous that this site was targeted for copyright when there is no reason for it, i mean can we download copyrighted music here? No, Films? No, So why now Tom comes with this announcement? If some one uses a song then it usually just a part of it or if it the full song the flash is a music video.
Oh well, next i'm just gonna shut up when someone starts walking over me or SOMETHING I CARE FOR.

Just because you can't 'download' copyrighted music from NG doesn't mean the users are allowed to upload things with work they don't have a license or permission to use. There's no reason to get into a tizzy about a law that's been around since probably before the internet itself, let alone NG.

And protect your rights? You don't have a right that allows you to publicly use copyrighted work when it's not in the realm of 'fair use'.

I'm pretty sure no amount of bitching on a forum will change that.

I'm way too far along my current sprite project to just walk away from it now, but yeah I guess this makes sense.

I'll just keep doing what I'm doing though, doesn't really effect me, since I never hardly ever make anything anymore.

So if you want to use free original music use my stuff! That's what Tom wants ;D

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES. THIS IS MY LAST RESORT.

At 12/10/10 11:20 AM, TomFulp wrote: Also dicks are still ok.

What a relief. I got scared for a moment.