Really, Obvious, I Mean OBVIOUS, Clip Theft Right Here. Getcher Clip Theft here.

[sisabet]

Okay - so get this: I am totally not fired. At least for now. I am just taking comfort in podcasts - I so totally love podcasts right now. Feel free to pimp your favorites to me as I am in a very receptive mood.

So, I finally check my email today and I get an alert from fahrbotdrusilla that she came across a Buffy/Spike vid to the song "Closer" and halfway through she noticed that the vidder was using stolen clips from one of her vids and one of mine. I think the big giveaway that she is using clips from my vid? The huge, honking "HT" bug in the lower right corner. Chickadee not only stole clips from a vid of mine, she stole clips and edits from my vid "Closer" for her vid "Closer" which on a strictly artistic scale sucks ass. Seriously - waaay too long and all dramatic tension she has built up is spoiled when Buffy cuts her hair in fast motion.

Melodramatic hair-cutting is hard enough to pull off without inducing giggles. Making it all fast-forwardy? Just wrong. Sadly, these are life lessons it doesn't appear the youth of today is getting. I fear for the future. Well, that and don't steal from a fellow fan.

fahrbotdrusilla emailed her about the clip theft and apparently she didn't take edits from us as we took edits from Joss...or something, I think she is pulling out that argument. Also, I think she thinks that I have a penis. Maybe she meant someone else was "he" - like Jesus.

I'd be mad if the clip theft was not so fucking obvious. I mean really - we bugged the vid with the "HT" (for headtilt - I used to have a website at headtilt.com) because of clip theft and now it is just -- wow. I am dying. I think this is cracking me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmO3Bshy6c0

Comments

[luminosity]

Hey, did you notice that when the lyric is "I wanna penetrate you," Spike is penetrating Buffy? How AVANT-GARDE!

I think the HT makes it charming. Do you think this calls for Molotov Cocktails or just an email to her mother (who, I'm sure, is a crone of 33 or so)?

[bloodypoetry.livejournal.com]

I'm sending polietly worded emails with helpful links. So far though, not much more that "You're stealing, I'm stealing, she's stealing, so why does it matter, blah blah..."

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Hey - do you have her email address? I have searched all over and can't find it. I think I need to explain *exactly* why it is upsetting to her.

[bloodypoetry.livejournal.com]

I actually don't have her address. I've been sending her emails through her myspace account, since I have one as well. Heh. Now she wants to be my friend....:\ I also linked her to tzikeh's why clip theft is wrong post.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

You are soooo amazingly patient.

[bloodypoetry.livejournal.com]

I am Fandom Mommy, hear me roar. Hee