super uncool deviantart!
So my friend
is a really awesome guy and very talented filmographer. He has several videos posted up here on devinantArt though he definitely should be getting more attention. However, a gallery director has contacted him threatening to remove his videos from the website because they contain copyrighted music.
Uncool.
ehmjay credits everything that he uses in the video and one of the videos that is being threatened to be taken down doesn't even HAVE copyrighted music. The music was available through creative commons! They told him that he would have to remove the video or put them up with music that he owns. Yeah. Because a film student can really afford to license music for projects. Projects that he is posting here, on an online art COMMUNITY to try and get feedback on so he can improve his craft.
ehmjay is not like some other "art thieves" on the site that blatantly try and pass off work that isn't theirs, he is a student (read poor) and credits everything. He does not deserve to be treated like a thief.
ehmjay is making no profit from the work unless you count feedback as profit. The film community is a new one and I would hate for people who are trying to get that part of the community really up and going to be disheartened by this.
In case
ehmjay's work does get taken down, here is a link to another video website that is much more accommodating with their policies, though lacks that certain deviousness that I love here:
www.vimeo.com/user390215/video…Thanks guys. I know there aren't many people who read this, but its super important to me so if you can pass this along that would be super. Thank you.
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