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Video Game Movies "Not Creative Expression"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the and-the-lawyers-shall-inherit-the-earth dept.

GamePolitics is one of many that is reporting on the impending removal of video game movies from the video hosting site Vimeo. While they have agreed to leave machinima alone, all walk-throughs, strategy videos, pvp battles, raids, etc, will be deleted on September 1st. "The Vimeo staff does not feel that videos which are direct captures of video game play truly constitute 'creative expression.' Further, such videos may expose Vimeo to liability from the game creator(s), as we have already seen action from popular video game companies against videos such as these... Gaming videos are by nature significantly larger and longer than any other genre on Vimeo ..."

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  1. Leeeeroy Jenkins! by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just sayin'.

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    1. Re:Leeeeroy Jenkins! by gblackwo · · Score: 3, Funny

      I for one did not know LJ was staged. You've just ruined it for me. Much like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and of course WWF.

    2. Re:Leeeeroy Jenkins! by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Funny

      I always wondered about those shifty World Wildlife Fund people...it always seemed too good to be true, and now I know it was.

    3. Re:Leeeeroy Jenkins! by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 4, Funny

      What, you think pandas are real? C'mon, man. Everybody knows a black bear dipped in bleach when they see one. That stuff is faaaaaaake, dude!

  2. Re: Video Game Movies "Not Creative Expression" by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't be the only one who read the title and expected a story about Uwe Boll...

  3. Dreadful job by Pennidren · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel sorry for whomever they put on the task of discerning which videos fit these categories. Boring.

  4. Re:"Vimeo"? Who? by Krater76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cue "First they came for the jews" letter.

    A video game thread that wasn't about Wolfenstien just got Godwin'd...

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  5. Re:It's their site. by philspear · · Score: 4, Funny

    Careful, CNN and the other "news" channels will copy this as an excuse to stop reporting on stories they think you're not interested in (which it's hard to show an interest in stories they don't run...)

    I can see it now:
    "In foreign news: nothing. All countries did their own thing, mind your own damn buisness! Here's the latest haircut Brittney got!"

  6. Re:"Vimeo"? Who? by CelticWhisper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I at least link him to my armour for a stat boost?

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  7. Re:Where's the outrage? by Tankko · · Score: 2, Funny

    So they need a disclaimer at the end of video games. This one in WoW's case:

    So, in WoW's case, you'd never see the warning. :-)

  8. Re:"Vimeo"? Who? by H0p313ss · · Score: 2, Funny

    Armour is spelled correctly, you ignorant American. Armor and armour are both legitimate ways to spell the same word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our.2C_-or

    Breath in... and out.

    I'm an ignorant Brit. living in Canada so you can bite my hairy Hobbit ass you pedant.

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  9. Re:"Vimeo"? Who? by H0p313ss · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm an ignorant Brit. living in Canada so you can bite my hairy Hobbit ass you pedant.

    Then one would think you would at least know the correct Canadian spelling of "armour".

    I'm lexdisic you heartless bastard! *weeps*

    :-)

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