dark_jedi said:
Taolar said:
One advantage to the warning screens is they protect the fan editor, at least in theory, by showing that he did not create the fan edit in order to make money off of it.

Still I disagree LOL,this will protect editors from no law suit if one comes,a little warning at the begining of a movie shared on the web is no protection at all from the Suits,did the warnings on the original DVD where it says in whole or in part scare you into not editing it?

once again sorry FF for getting sidetracked,this whole issue for me is just really funny.

I do agree that the warning is pretty much useless. I can understand the reasons why the faneditor may think that this could protect them, but in reality, I don't see how it would. While its true that there are those who profit off these fanedits on Ebay, the smart ones will just remove the warnings before making the copies, and even if they don't, they still make their money regardless. And I'm pretty sure that a small disclaimer will offer no protection against the lawyers should it ever end up going that far. Good intentions and lack of desire to profit doesn't seem to hold much weight when you're up against the big guys. I don't mind a custom logo, like Adywan had in his ANH:Revisited DVD, but a full paragraph of legal apologies and warnings are just a bother. Just my opinion.