Cap_Ironman Weekly News, Week Ending 7 August 2011

[muccamukk]

Hello and welcome to the weekly cap_ironman/cap_ironman newsletter.

Your modly mod had a decent poke around various comics sites and wasn't able to turn up much in the way of news in relation to Steve, Tony or Steve/Tony. -shrugs- mostly people seem to be talking about the DCnU. Here's this week's previews, anyway.

If you saw saphirerose1986's art and maybe want some more of that, please think about signing up for tresa_cho's pan-fandon Merfolk Ficathon. Sign ups are open through 31 August.

Reminder of the week:
This comm has a Mandatory Warning Policy. Please read it before posting fan works. Failure to abide by the warning policy can lead to deletion of offending fan works. Repeated failure can lead to a ban from the comm.


trebuchet_quirk vidded Must Have Done Something Right
saphirerose1986 drew Mermen AU

derryderrydown wrote Five Times Steve Rogers Danced (Film Spoilers)
often_adamanta wrote Necessary Experience (Film Spoilers)
ladygrendel wrote Lion-Hearted Girl (Part 3)

bowsie22 hosted an informal poll/discussion about which version(s) of Steve and Tony you picture when reading fic.
kahn put together a wonderful round up of Avengers film news.
Couple people looking for (and finding \o/) fic this week, which we always appreciate on this comm, but there is also cap_im_finders for your fic finding needs.


Finally, if you're a new or recent member, hello and welcome! Our rules are here, and in the profile; this includes our warnings policy, so please read. If you're interested in the ship, you may want to read the Ship Manifesto, and consult the list of Slashy Moments (Now at one hundred and fifty moments). If you're planning to write for the comm, there are some tips on writing the pairing here, and the Avengers in general here; if you're having trouble finding a beta, or would like to offer your services as a beta, our beta list is here. If you're looking for the comm archive, it's Tales of Suspense, and it's automated - you can create an account and upload your fic. If you're looking for a particular story, why not try cap_im_finders? If you have any questions, you can comment here or PM a mod, that's me, garrideb and valtyr.

And feel free to post on-topic or off-topic stuff in the comments to this post! Just keep it reasonably safe for work, please.

Comments

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

So I made an awesome Steve/Tony fanvid and posted it to YouTube because that's the only video hosting site I'm familiar with. Immediately, YouTube blocked the video based on the copyright of the music used. I've submitted a dispute that the fanvid is fair use. Can anyone here tell me either a) if claiming fair use works, generally, or b) what other video hosting sites are a good alternatives?

Well, off to bed. Maybe it will be unblocked in the morning.

[meilinn.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it works and makes the vid avaliable worldwide, sometimes it doesn't and the vid reamains blocked for some countries, sometimes it doesn't work at all and youtube deletes your account. You could upload your vid to vimeo.com.
I'm looking forward to watching it!

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I will try vimeo!

[valtyr]

I'm not sure you can claim fair use for the music, tbh? I think that applies to the subject of the vid.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

I am doubtful also that the music would fall under fair use, but I read a few articles on fanvids as fair use and thought it was worth a shot. I can certainly see how the clips from a movie or a TV show are repurposed, but the music is being used fully and straightforwardly. I wish that, for example, OTW addressed the use of copyrighted music on their page about fanvids. The fanvids that they use as an example for how footage falls under fair use have songs that are not under creative commons.

I will probably just go with vimeo, as suggested above.

[muccamukk]

I'm not sure you're going to get anywhere with the fair use thing.

Maybe you could upload it to mediafire or somewhere and we all could just download it.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as I said to valtyr above, I thought it was worth a shot but I'm doubtful too. The worst that will happen is that my rarely-used YouTube account is deleted.

I've had a lot of issues in the past with downloaded vids not playing for me, which has soured me on that, but it's probably not a problem for those more techsavvy than me. It's a good idea.

[muccamukk]

I really prefer to be able to download things in one go. It works better on my connection. Maybe you could do both?

[lovelokest.livejournal.com]

I know a few vidders who put their work up on Vimeo (I think you can also password protect it there).

I haven't had personal experience with Youtube copyright, but I did find a couple of posts that might be helpful:

http://transformativeworks.org/news/youtube-blocking-your-vids-exercise-your-right-fair-use

http://transformativeworks.org/mixed-messages-youtube’s-copyright-school

http://www.delicious.com/metafandom/vidding+fair_use

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the links! This is my first (sort of) fanvid, so I've been reading up on the history, culture, and legality of vidding. I've found many articles on the fair use of footage for fanvids, but fewer articles on whether using a whole song in a fanvid can constitute fair use. The OTW promotes claiming fair use for fanvids on YouTube (the main reason I did so), but I'm still doubtful. I hope it works, of course, but I think posting it to Vimeo is a good idea.

[mozzarellaroses.livejournal.com]

There are some fanvids with the ENTIRE ARTICLE regarding fair use posted on their vids, with strict wording... you could scavenge for these vids and try what they tried if ever you need to.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

That's a good suggestion, thanks!