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Report as: spam offensive Rahul K. on 10/16/06 at 1am

The graphic accompanying this story is kind of hilarious given that the films definitely don't belong to stanford (or even their creators). The intellectual property agreements we had to sign to get the cameras and enter the contest were draconian. Everything belongs to the Campus MovieFest. Everything.

Report as: spam offensive Amber on 10/16/06 at 2am

Actually, Rahul, CMF shares the rights to the movie with the filmmakers. You can do whatever you want with it, including entering it into a different film festival.

Report as: spam offensive Frank on 10/16/06 at 2am

I for one thought it was really cool of CMF to loan me all the equipment for free and get all these cool prizes. So I'm fine giving them the rights to show my movie online and try to get it aired nationally on Turner Classic Movies. Plus, we get to do whatever we want with our movies too. I think this whole thing is an awesome opportunity.

Report as: spam offensive Rahul K. on 10/16/06 at 7pm

Oh, I think it was a fair trade and I'm glad to have done it. And perhaps CMF does share the rights, but it's completely at their discretion. Here's a sentence from the movie release form.
"I understand and agree that Producers shall be the exclusive owners of all rights to use the Materials in any form universally."




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