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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 09-13-2004 09:37 AM
quote: Brad Miller
I really wish people would stop calling videos films.
Yes, that bugs me too. I've been watching the fairly new Benny Hill DVD set of the early years and the box says the set includes "three rare shows FILMED in black and white". These black and white shows are obviously from quadruplex video tape (the banding is obvious and the number of bands is correct (18.4 visible on the screen since 20 are used for each entire field for PAL). What's even more interesting is that color artifacts are visible in these black and white episodes, so it seems these particular episodes (6, 7, and 8 on the set) were recorded in black and white using a color-capable quad machine. Dropouts often have color to them. Why did they do this when the episodes 1-5 were in color?
Anyway, it's possible that a show could be filmed, then transfered to quad video tape, but if that were the case, print blemishes would be visible, and I don't see any, so I'll bet the quad videotape is the original.
The same thing applies to the David Bowie 2-disc set of videos. I noticed banding on one video (18.4 bands -- PAL quad) that was said to be "filmed" in the intro.
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Ron Yost
Master Film Handler
Posts: 344
From: Paso Robles, CA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 09-13-2004 04:09 PM
Jennifer,
You seem a sweet, completely unpretentious young lady, and having been somewhat connected with the music industry in the past, I have a small suggestion for you. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I'd strongly suggest you add a copyright notice to your musical material. Intellectual works are copyrighted automatically once they're in 'fixed form', but the appearance of a notice in/on your work will serve notice to the public that you know you have rights. [edited by Ron Yost to be more accurate. Thanks for pointing out my errors, Daryl] ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
It wouldn't be wise to do this if a song of yours is directly derived from a published song, of course. Same melody, different words, for example. But if you honestly believe your work to be substantially 'original' the notice won't hurt anything. And there's nothing pretentious about it at all. You're just protecting your work.
A line like: "Words and Music Copyright © 2004 Jennifer Pan" would suffice. Or just "Copyright ..", in the case of your printed lyrics.
The copyright sign is obtained by holding down the ALT key and pressing 0169 on your keyboard's numeric keypad (won't work using the number keys above the keyboard). Assuming you're on a Winblows machine, of course. Just the word Copyright will do, if you can't do the © thing.
I like some of your songs, BTW. They're obviously from a place deep in your heart. Have you ever heard of a "hook" in music? You might want to find out how to create them for some of your music, if you don't know already. It's what makes most songs memorable. You almost have one in the tune you sing on your video. Even ballads have hooks, sometimes. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Hope this is of some help to you, and don't give up .. hold on to your high standards, not to sound like a priest! Your parents obviously raised you up right, as we say around here.
Ron Yost .. old-time, very small-time, Rock-and-Roller.
[ 09-13-2004, 05:50 PM: Message edited by: Ron Yost ]
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Ron Yost
Master Film Handler
Posts: 344
From: Paso Robles, CA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 09-13-2004 05:30 PM
No, it's not 'required' anymore. However it does serve to 'give notice' to the greedy, like the snakes and sharks that infest the music biz ![[Mad]](mad.gif) , that the 'author' is aware they have rights under the law. That's how I look at it, anyhow.
Here's a small portion of the U.S. Copyright Office's FAQ:
"Use of the notice may be important because it informs the public that the work is protected by copyright, identifies the copyright owner, and shows the year of first publication. Furthermore, in the event that a work is infringed, if a proper notice of copyright appears on the published copy or copies to which a defendant in a copyright infringement suit had access, then no weight shall be given to such a defendant's interposition of a defense based on innocent infringement in mitigation of actual or statutory damages, except as provided in section 504(c)(2) of the copyright law. Innocent infringement occurs when the infringer did not realize that the work was protected.
The use of the copyright notice is the responsibility of the copyright owner and does not require advance permission from, or registration with, the Copyright Office."
More at:
U.S. Copyright Office
I do quite a bit of photography these days, so, like a sheep perhaps I always add it to my work. Especially for online galleries.
So, it's possibly overkill, but I feel more 'secure' adding it to my humble works.
Ron Yost
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