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This sort of use is entirely legal. It's when it is replicated in a form that allows more than one person to enjoy it for personal use. ie; family home videos? No legal issue there. Make 50 copies for the family reunion? Illegal, but not a big deal. Put it on YouTube for everyone? High risk...

phoenix-fly Phantom First jump-June 2007 First Flight Course-December 2007 (Thanks to LouDiamond, for having patience and getting me to try the nylon again).

search around here, you'll find a photo of an SD9 and an error message saying that "you're panning too fast." Camera was a joke for anything fast, IMO. And the encoder isn't much to write about. If it weren't for skydiving-only, I'd probably buy a Canon OR the Sony, but for skydiving...Sony.

Now I'm embarrassed. I confused "TheCaptain" with "TheCapt." Sorry for my confusion. more on his story

The thread is drifting to a discussion of the merits of copyright, what is right and what is wrong. Please take those posts to the Speaker's Corner.

I just lost my lunch.

There is no way around it, other than handing a student a video with zero music on it and saying "put your own on there" or using royalty free. In putting copyrighted music on a tandem vid, you are committing three separate violations, two of which are criminal and civil and one that is civil-only. Doesn't matter who bought the music. Nothing "grey" about that. There is no argument that can be made, and particularly in your case...you say you looked into it 3 years ago, so you've known for at least 3 years that this is a legal landmine for you. The wedding/event industry is scrambling like mad to work this out for themselves. If you're in the Orlando area during the week of August 11-14, come sit in on a panel or two. Of course someone is taking this "miniscule market of skydiving" seriously. Maybe not right now, but as Nick pointed out...there is a lot of cash involved. Were there no YouTube and other UGC sites out there, it would never be an issue. One person does a jump. They get a VHS that they share with maybe a dozen friends. Actionable, but hardly worth anything, and likely falls under DeMinimis. Then they get a DVD. Same scenario, maybe they share with a dozen friends, except now they get to take the DVD to work and play on a computer, so add another say...dozen people that got to enjoy the video. Actionable, but hardly worth prosecuting, and arguably falls into DeMinimis. Then comes Youtube. Tandems and 'buddy' videos get a lot of views, AND are easy to find with music spiders. Kinda like how your cell can identify a song just by hearing a few notes? So can web spiders. They just gotta be looking. If a publisher wants to prosecute...it's easy as pie these days. You don't need to make your own music. There are so many free resources, it's inexcusable to use illegal music outside of being a jerk about it. When the first skydiver gets nailed, so will many others as part of the fallout. Do you expect USPA to bail your ass out? They won't. If you feel it's no big deal, keep at it. We're all used to the risks involved with skydiving, but it's the risk you don't see coming that could really hurt.

The Captain is an attorney involved in a precedent-setting copyright case in the US. Dropzones aren't massive profit centers. OK, maybe a couple are, but most are eeking by...It won't take much of a legal action to close any average dropzone. In other words, "not much above solvent."

Just wanted to welcome Liz Venning to the flock. She did her first flight yesterday and kicked ass. Watch for her in an upcoming Outdoor Channel piece. No photos, but did shoot video. I'll post some screen grabs later. Welcome to the flock, Liz. (Welcome to Utah, by the way!)

You could also do a class with Parachutist, he's got this stuff down tight now.... Anyway... Is your reader connected to USB1 or USB2 port? Are you running anti-virus? If so...GET RID OF IT. Consumer-grade antivirus should be illegal, IMO. The good stuff doesn't get in the way of production. Phree can comment further. What are you copying to? Are you sure you're not editing from the stick (you can, with some systems). Xfer *should* be in the 4:1-6:1 range.

There are some DVD recorders that have conversion built in, but I can't think of model #'s off the top of my head. It's unfortunate you cant use a laptop to convert, it'll be fast and better quality.

Usually the answer is 'NO." Bands rarely, if ever, entirely own their publishing. Usually publishing is shared between the record label, band, and publisher. Sometime the band is their own publisher, sometimes the label has a publishing arm, and sometimes it's a third party. But in most events, permission from two of the three is required to publish/license. The guys in Nickelback are friends. They gave me verbal and emailed permission to use a piece of their music. I jokingly mentioned this to my publisher (same as theirs) and she freaked. I explained the use, and she calmed down a 'little.' It's more the merit and instance they're worried about than the actual prosecution. Not one skydiving editor/dropzone/videographer has been nailed yet. Without web-video and UGC sites, it's unlikely no one ever would/will be prosecuted. That all changed with song spiders, youtube, yadayada. No one had ever been zapped for uploading songs until the first one, either. Ask the Captain how/why that one went down. I believe the first person to suffer a judgement was chosen carefully to make a hard point, while giving some leeway as to how it would be managed to be compensated. There is always a first. Our industry (on the whole) is generally only a few bills above solvent. is it really worth the risk to find out if you're going to be the first. aside from any other reasoning?

http://www.vasst.com/?V=royalty_free.htm not complete by any means, and hasn't been updated in over a year... it's also in the sticky.

yeah, well...using software from the Commodore Club won't put your DZ in jeopardy of a large lawsuit, and won't put you at personal risk, either. For some, it's a matter of being legal. As a musician with several hundred copyrighted works, it's a matter of ethics and respecting the rights of others. Norman Kent is a dear friend; so is Laszlo. I'd never consider using one of their photographs without their express permission. I have several photos Laszlo took of me; you've never seen em' on the web because I haven't ever asked his permission. Same with Scotty Burns and others. I respect their work, and expect others to respect mine.

New Blue, VASST Edge Detective, Pixelan Spices are all coolness

Copyright laws as relate to what most of the people in this community do aren't "grey" at all. There is zero ambiguity. If you see ambiguity, it's because you intentionally seek it, and wish to seek loopholes in rules. Copyright violation is now criminal *and* civil action, and the DZ is equally culpable as you, the editor are for copyright violations. Having the tandem student bring you a CD doesn't absolve you. Believing the song has been "around for 20 years" doesn't absolve you. Thinking that a song is worthless doesn't absolve you. It's good to have this discussion, however from the perspective of a moderator, I'm hopeful folks can keep it civil, productive, and intelligent. We're not going to debate the merits of copyright law, there are other communities for that. Please keep the discussion related to how you intend or already are, managing copyright issues. Incidentally, there are HUNDREDS of free-use copyright libraries online, plus loads of free creative tools. At our DZ, we use a combination of my own products (TrackPacks) royalty free music, and music I've specifically written using Sony ACID and Cakewalk SONAR.

We keep the MPEG and associated AC3 pretty well forever. Had two people from last year willing to pay a buncha money for replacement DVDs of their jump. If I know the name and month, I can usually find it fast. If I know the name, date...it's an instant find, and 5 min burn to new DVD with menus and extra media. HDD's are cheep.

no. You'd have to run bootcamp, use a conversion software like AVCHD UpShift, and then put the resulting mov file into iMovie. Easier to upgrade your iMovie, IMO.

The FTP has a rim that is molded into the CF, which acts as a "shelf" and receiver for the rubber nuts. Bolts go through the topplate, received by the rubber-mounted nuts, that are housed and supported by the "lip" or "rim." The top of the helmet is hollow, with no inner material molded into place. I imagine it's to save weight as much as anything else.

Nice of you to let folks know. That sort of thing happens sometimes. A good friend of mine was recently given credit for a photo I shot....he still owes me a bottle of Oban.

video to be found... HERE

Your initial post didn't indicate you're shooting SD... SD files aren't AVCHD, they're MPEG2. iMovie6 and FCE should open them just fine. If they're not opening, be sure you have the latest updates for your iMovie. OS version and iMovie version information might be helpful here.

None of it helps in a situation where the canopy pilot isn't completely heads-up. I was that canopy pilot yesterday. Had taken a rental rig up due to my backup being out of the air for the day...and it flew a lot differently than my canopy. on approach, I didn't see another pilot above me (he was about 200' higher, but that's no excuse). I came into the pattern between he and another person below me (who I was aware of) and more or less cut the approach of the higher guy. Had he been doing an HP landing, it's entirely likely we'd both have been hurt. Both of us landing in the "D" license-only area, me doing a hooked 90 on the right half and him doing the same on the left half. I was low guy, but it was my screwup. BTW, our landing areas are large enough that we have both right/left patterns with plenty of room for each side.

you need latest iMovie, Streamclip, FlipFactory, or something similar. Or run Bootcamp and a tool like Vegas.

I'm coming, but motels are a major PITA. Nothing available w/in 22 miles of the event.