Originally posted by: Arnaud

Originally posted by: OgOggilby
He's made a lot of people happy with the Recobbled Cut and I think internet drama is ridiculous.

I totally agree. Shame on this forum's administrators. I wish good luck to OCP.

I have a great deal of admiration for OCP's work, but doing good work does not give him the right to disrespect the work of others, which he did both explicitly, in his comments on XO's project, and implicitly, by selling the works of others, who they themselves did not sell their works, because they recognized that their works were derivatives of the originals. He had no right to do what he did. He knew what the rules were, and he broke them.

I empathize with the financial difficulties he's dealing with, and I greatly admire the man's work, but he broke the rules bigtime, knowing full well what the consequences would be. Fan edits are in a major gray area as it is. They survive because they are not made for profit, and their existence is indicative of a fan's dedication to a film or films. But when people start turning profits on these things, you can bet your ass that everybody that makes and distributes these sorts of projects will wind up on some movie company's shitlist. Lawsuits are bad, bad things.

By selling these works, OCP in effect has endangered EVERYBODY ELSE. You wanna bitch about fairness, how is that fair? How does the fact that he's a talented editor give him the right to endanger and take advantage of everybody else?

OCP, if you're reading this, I love the work work you do (as I've said several times), but unless there's a whole lot of people telling lies, then you did something things you shouldn't have. I appreciate everything you've done for this community, and I wish you the best of luck in everything you do in the future, but keep your nose clean, 'kay?