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PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:05 pm Reply with quote
I have been looking for a while for information about the new Hellsing OAV. When I first came here, I was happy to find out that it was not a rumour. Today I found a site that has supposed screen shots which were shown at a convention. My question is if it is against the rules to post them or if they are even real. If it is okay, I could post the site where I found the screen shots and someone other than me could look them over. I just am a bit lost as to what to do. I do not want to post anything and have it be against the rules. I have read through the rules a few times and couldn't find anything, but I couldn't find anything as to whether it was allowed either. So... Better be safe than sorry.

Also, I think that we should have a rumour mill. A bit off topic but still connected. I apologize for the random-ness.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:14 pm Reply with quote
x_ekibyougami_x wrote:
Today I found a site that has supposed screen shots which were shown at a convention. My question is if it is against the rules to post them or if they are even real.


That's a messy situation.

First off, we need to know, for absolute certain that the screenshots are authentic. If they are, and they can be proven to be real, then they can go in.

Second issue is one of "who own's the images." They're screenshot from an anime, so the images are the property of the anime's rights holders. So regardless of any claims that the other site may think it has, it doesn't own those images, so... (just as ANN doesn't own any screenshots).

And we can post the screenshots under the fair use law, provided they weren't illegally taken. If it was a private screening, the photos themselves could be illegal.

In the end, as much as we'd like to have Hellsing 2 shots, we can't know for sure that they are authentic, and we can't know for sure that they weren't illegally taken. So they shouldn't be put in the encyc.

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Also, I think that we should have a rumour mill. A bit off topic but still connected. I apologize for the random-ness.


A rumor-mill type column has been considered. We had one once, for a few days, ages ago.

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