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Title: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 07:01:16 am
Thought I’d make a thread in case people missed it in the quality bouldering thread but I managed to get a copy of Winter Sessions and ripped it and uploaded it to YouTube for everyone to enjoy! I’ll get the extras up later today as well :beer2:

https://youtu.be/hvlCTb_ro4c
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: remus on March 21, 2023, 08:09:49 am
Nice! Good to see some other good vids up on the channel too  :weakbench:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cheque on March 21, 2023, 08:53:17 am
Have you been in touch with the owners of these films Dingdong?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 09:07:13 am
Have you been in touch with the owners of these films Dingdong?

I have not but it’s nigh impossible to find said films for sale anywhere online so I can’t see Rhys or Dawes being that bothered about his film being watched by people again? The whole point of the channel is to upload stuff so it doesn’t get lost to obscurity
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Jono.r23 on March 21, 2023, 09:14:32 am
Nice. Appreciated. Would also love to see Stick It again if u happen to find that one floating about
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cheque on March 21, 2023, 09:20:25 am
You need to ask them though. You’re probably right (they might just have lost the masters) but they’re their films and if they want them to be lost to obscurity that’s their choice.

The Island is already on Bearcam’s YouTube channel. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZA8y05ewSA&feature=youtu.be)



Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 09:38:11 am
You need to ask them though. You’re probably right (they might just have lost the masters) but they’re their films and if they want them to be lost to obscurity that’s their choice.

The Island is already on Bearcam’s YouTube channel. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZA8y05ewSA&feature=youtu.be)
Ive shot then messages. Chances are they’ll probably ignore/not see them though but we shall see. In the meantime you can enjoy the films on there until I inevitably take them down.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 02:29:44 pm
Nice. Appreciated. Would also love to see Stick It again if u happen to find that one floating about

Stick It is now up as well.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Jono.r23 on March 21, 2023, 03:05:42 pm
Wicked! Thanks  :popcorn:  :strongbench:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: SamT on March 21, 2023, 03:29:20 pm
Wouldn't be surprised if Slackjaw have Stick it taken down.

I uploaded a really old obscure Ron Fawcett vid (body machine) up to youtube, then a few weeks later got some pissy email from the maker (not ron) and youtube took it down.

You should really get permission from them.  (no harm it trying, but don't be surprised it if it gets taken down).

(note to self.. get Wintersessions watched tonight  :lol: ).
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Jono.r23 on March 21, 2023, 03:32:32 pm
I dunno.. Stone Love seems to have survived on yt for a while. If only they would make them available again i’d gladly pay!
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: User deactivated. on March 21, 2023, 03:35:46 pm
Personally I wouldn't say anything. No ones buying it. Just keep it up until it gets taken down.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: spidermonkey09 on March 21, 2023, 04:03:09 pm
When benpritch on here put Stone Love on youtube I messaged him to ask if he was planning on putting Stick It up too. He said he was but never got round to it. Imagine he would reply to a PM fairly quickly.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 04:22:02 pm
If these get taken down it’s no sweat, before YouTube I was sharing around a google drive folder full of films, including some very old and obscure ones. I’ll just return to sharing that drive folder around  :beer2:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Teaboy on March 21, 2023, 08:28:31 pm
It’s quite likely these film makers will be ok with these films being posted up online but am I the only one feeling a bit uneasy about the “I’ll stick it up and see if it pisses someone off rather than ask” attitude seen here? Seems unnecessarily impolite.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Nick B on March 21, 2023, 08:49:11 pm
You shouldn’t really be uploading any of these without permission from the film makers. In most cases the films aren’t on the shelves any more but you’re actively taking away their options for uploading to their own YouTube channels. These are small independent filmmakers, not massive studios. Enough of the upload first, ask questions later.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cheque on March 21, 2023, 09:09:01 pm
It’s quite likely these film makers will be ok with these films being posted up online but am I the only one feeling a bit uneasy about the “I’ll stick it up and see if it pisses someone off rather than ask” attitude seen here? Seems unnecessarily impolite.

 :agree: It’s a depressing thread to read as a filmmaker.

I uploaded a really old obscure Ron Fawcett vid (body machine) up to youtube, then a few weeks later got some pissy email from the maker (not ron) and youtube took it down.

To be fair to the bloke he then posted it himself (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqlYLg9Bic&feature=youtu.be)
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 09:23:38 pm
It’s quite likely these film makers will be ok with these films being posted up online but am I the only one feeling a bit uneasy about the “I’ll stick it up and see if it pisses someone off rather than ask” attitude seen here? Seems unnecessarily impolite.

 :agree: It’s a depressing thread to read as a filmmaker.

I uploaded a really old obscure Ron Fawcett vid (body machine) up to youtube, then a few weeks later got some pissy email from the maker (not ron) and youtube took it down.

To be fair to the bloke he then posted it himself (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqlYLg9Bic&feature=youtu.be)

This is assuming that I’ve uploaded this in some attempt to profit off it or with some sort of bad intentions when in reality I just want to make these widely available for people to watch and enjoy - seeing how some of these films are decades old it’s easy to assume that if the filmmaker hasn’t uploaded it and is impossible to find it elsewhere that they probably wouldn’t bother or care. I could have very easily just not posted this thread or said anything and kept the films in my private drive whereas all I wanted to do was share it with you all.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Wellsy on March 21, 2023, 09:40:23 pm
Yeah I think its reasonable. You're not profiting and they aren't otherwise available, and if they ask you to take it down you've said you will. Seems fair to me.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 21, 2023, 10:00:50 pm
I’ve decided to remove all the videos from the channel due to too much backlash. If anyone wants a link to my private drive drop me a DM and I’ll gladly share it with you.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: seankenny on March 21, 2023, 10:17:28 pm
What would Max Brod do?  :worms:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: reeve on March 21, 2023, 10:32:48 pm
I could have very easily just not posted this thread or said anything and kept the films in my private drive whereas all I wanted to do was share it with you all.

Obviously I'm a bit late saying this now you've taken them all down, but I don't think anyone was doubting the bit I've quoted above - you were obviously trying to do something which people would appreciate. But that said, if I had spent money and lots of time producing a film (even an old one) I would expect the courtesy of my permission being sought rather than assumed.

To me it's a shame you've taken them all down seemingly permanently rather than, say, emailed the filmmakers with a view to putting them back up with their approval.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: User deactivated. on March 21, 2023, 10:46:38 pm
:agree: It’s a depressing thread to read as a filmmaker.

Interesting take. As a music producer, it would be a great compliment if someone uploaded my music. In fact, in the music sphere, artists who block their music from being uploaded on youtube are looked down upon. I'm no film maker by any stretch of the imagination but the little climbing video I recently made used 4 songs from different artists, all of which are copyrighted, but the artists allow free use on youtube.

I see this situation a bit like visiting a crag with sketchy access. If you ask the landowner, you risk a no and putting a spotlight on what you and other climbers are doing. Keep a low profile and no one gets hurt and a few people get some enjoyment out of it.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: shurt on March 21, 2023, 11:02:38 pm
jeez, i'm still halfway through the film. throw me a bone. what happens in the end? do they get caught?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cheque on March 21, 2023, 11:45:07 pm
Interesting take. As a music producer, it would be a great compliment if someone uploaded my music. In fact, in the music sphere, artists who block their music from being uploaded on youtube are looked down upon. I'm no film maker by any stretch of the imagination but the little climbing video I recently made used 4 songs from different artists, all of which are copyrighted, but the artists allow free use on youtube.

Look at it like this, someone takes the master files of your film and your music from you and says “this is shite, no-one should be able to watch or listen to it and I’m the one who gets to decide that, not you”. Then other people’s response was “seems fair, it’s not like he was making any money from it, if he moans enough and does the legwork himself then just let him have the files back”.

It’s not right is it? The creator of anything should be the one who decides how it’s distributed. That’s why (and I’m always amazed when I have to explain this) the whole concept of copyright exists.

There are loads of reasons why musicians are more likely to be more relaxed with how people use or distribute their work (and the point is that they’re choosing to do that) than filmmakers but I didn’t mean it was depressing due to the medium being discussed, just the general attitude that you can do what you like with other people’s work and that the subject is somehow up for debate.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cheque on March 22, 2023, 12:17:16 am
Music licensing might be what’s keeping some of these old films from being lobbed up for anyone to watch- they’ll have made agreements with the people who made the music at the time which probably only covered selling DVDs. Really you’ve got to revisit those agreements when you put the film out in another form which isn’t going to be a formality if there are actual proper music publishers involved. I’ve always assumed that’s why Hard Grit has never been available online and I think Stick It might be the same? Your only other option in that case is to recut it with different music (Stone Monkey style) which is probably impossible for these films as the raw footage is likely long gone and it would be an absolute ballache for basically no reward.

I merrily filled Stonnis with Creative Commons-licensed music only to read the small print and have to shell out once I started charging people directly to watch it. Not everyone making music for video is doing it out of the good of their hearts ;)

Coincidentally my two big films cost me quite a lot to sell (or more accurately not sell  :look: ) online over the last 12 months and my Vimeo Pro subscription expired on Monday so, once their customer support fill me in on how the fuck I make videos that once cost money available for free  ::) they’ll be available for everyone to watch.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Jono.r23 on March 22, 2023, 07:13:51 am
Stick it & stone monkey were available for paid stream/purchase for a while.. cant remember the name of the service.. Sharp Edge? It was run by a couple of peeps who lived on my old street. Not sure why it stopped but presumably they were covered re any licensing..or maybe that was the issue in the end? Would be great for these and others not to disappear forever
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: andy popp on March 22, 2023, 07:43:53 am
This is assuming that I’ve uploaded this in some attempt to profit off it or with some sort of bad intentions when in reality I just want to make these widely available for people to watch and enjoy

No, it's not assuming that at all. Your intent (and I don't believe you had any bad intent) is irrelevant. It's not your material and not your decision.

I guess I can claim to be a writer. Certainly, I've published a great deal in many different formats. Much I'd be happy to see reproduced and distributed for free. And much I very much wouldn't (including material that is "decades" old and hard to access or even unavailable). The point is that those are my choices. No-one can just assume my preferences. And no-one can assume I'm no longer deriving income from them. I received a payment from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society literally yesterday.

Perhaps I shouldn't post this, not least as the videos have been taken. But the repeated defence that this is simply about allowing people to watch these films, though no doubt made in good faith, is grating.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 08:00:39 am
The films are gone, you can all chill out and stop posting about it now
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: remus on March 22, 2023, 08:10:24 am
Not to argue against copyright per se, but the net result tends to be pretty frustrating from a users' point of view.

You've got these films where the creator was clearly interested in distributing them at some point, and you've got these platforms which, for the first time in history, mean this content could literally be at your fingertips (out of interest, i just timed it and went from nothing to watching 'The Real Thing' in 7 seconds!)

Instead, you have to track down someone who has a copy of the DVD, buy a dvd player because no computers have them any more, probably fuck around trying to get the thing to play because it uses some weird format etc. Then after the original creator dies you have to wait 70 years before you can do anything with the work.

Is anyone going to be able to watch winter sessions in 100 years time? It seems very unlikely.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: SamT on March 22, 2023, 09:02:24 am
The films are gone, you can all chill out and stop posting about it now

Just wanted to add that there was no "back lash" from me, just passing on my experience of uploading a vid that I thought was lost (barring my VHS copy).

To be fair to the bloke he then posted it himself (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqlYLg9Bic&feature=youtu.be)

Brill.. hadn't seen that.. Never seen the rubicon wall one.   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: spidermonkey09 on March 22, 2023, 09:02:37 am
This is kind of a wider discussion about copyright now rather than those specific films; split?

I don't disagree with your post Andy, but I use scihub or libgen reasonably often to get hold of articles /material that my uni doesn't have access to. I don't feel guilty about this; maybe I should, especially given I'm depriving the authors of income, albeit indirectly. I get that access to academia and access to old climbing films are of different levels of importance, but its an interesting side point. Maybe its different because academic publishers are minted and small climbing films makers aren't? Ditto Hollywood films; I never felt remotely bad about using Yify to watch films a lot when I was at uni.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: andy popp on March 22, 2023, 09:11:51 am
The films are gone, you can all chill out and stop posting about it now

I wouldn't have posted at all if you'd shown any sign of understanding why people had concerns/objections.

Anyway, agree with SM09 that we can probably split or log this now.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 09:41:36 am
I think the funniest thing about all this is that I’m literally the head of video at one of the largest labels/distros in the world and my job is literally music copyright protection on video platforms so for people to try and actually explain my own job to me is hilarious.

There’s actually nothing stopping any Tom, dick and Harry from uploading a video to YouTube. The onus is on the film makers to send their materials for copyright protection to a distributor who has access to the platforms fingerprinting tool. If a film maker doesn’t bother to do this they don’t really have much of an option except to send a takedown request by filling the form out.

Like I said, my point wasn’t to profit from this. These film makers could have at any point uploaded the films to their own channels. After speaking to two of them one said they didn’t have access to their YouTube channel anymore and the other didn’t own a copy/master of their own film which actually kind of made me laugh because they obviously weren’t bothered enough to try and retrieve their logins or masters for the last decade.

If it wasn’t for me actually doing what I did then 1. People wouldn’t have seen the films again for the first time in years 2. The film makers wouldn’t have been fired up to actually get their films back and upload them or whatever

Again. We’re not talking about new films that are widely available, on sale and easily viewable, that I would understand and like others have said it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Finally you crusty old bastards need to stop being so fucking grumpy and argumentative about everything that gets posted on here. It’s very fucking boring and you drive people away from the forum with all your incessant arguing.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: ali k on March 22, 2023, 09:49:17 am
The films are gone
Balls. I’d been saving it for when I could watch it on the TV instead of my phone so missed out  :'(
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Johnny Brown on March 22, 2023, 09:49:26 am
Bit confused here.

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2. The film makers wouldn’t have been fired up to actually get their films back and upload them or whatever

Is this happening? Sounds like a good outcome if so.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 09:51:05 am
Bit confused here.

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2. The film makers wouldn’t have been fired up to actually get their films back and upload them or whatever

Is this happening? Sounds like a good outcome if so.

Ben has asked me to send him the copy of stick it so he can edit out the opening track and upload it to his channel, which I obliged - so yes a good outcome regardless of all the arguments on here
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Fiend on March 22, 2023, 09:53:26 am
The films are gone, you can all chill out and stop posting about it now
;D Well I, for one, quite liked having Winter Session up, and watched most of it again.

Finally you crusty old bastards need to stop being so fucking grumpy and argumentative about everything that gets posted on here. It’s very fucking boring and you drive people away from the forum with all your incessant arguing.
:2thumbsup: :lol:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: User deactivated. on March 22, 2023, 09:55:49 am
Interesting take. As a music producer, it would be a great compliment if someone uploaded my music. In fact, in the music sphere, artists who block their music from being uploaded on youtube are looked down upon. I'm no film maker by any stretch of the imagination but the little climbing video I recently made used 4 songs from different artists, all of which are copyrighted, but the artists allow free use on youtube.

Look at it like this, someone takes the master files of your film and your music from you and says “this is shite, no-one should be able to watch or listen to it and I’m the one who gets to decide that, not you”. Then other people’s response was “seems fair, it’s not like he was making any money from it, if he moans enough and does the legwork himself then just let him have the files back”.

It’s not right is it? The creator of anything should be the one who decides how it’s distributed. That’s why (and I’m always amazed when I have to explain this) the whole concept of copyright exists.

There are loads of reasons why musicians are more likely to be more relaxed with how people use or distribute their work (and the point is that they’re choosing to do that) than filmmakers but I didn’t mean it was depressing due to the medium being discussed, just the general attitude that you can do what you like with other people’s work and that the subject is somehow up for debate.

To be fair, my feelings on copyright laws are stronger in the music world, where they are based on protecting a 'musical idea' - something which has no satisfactory definition for me, particularly in a world where there are only 12 notes that are commonly used in popular music. I was ready to have my mind changed but your post still doesn't make much sense to me.

Art that has been released for public consumption becomes part of the communal cultural knowledge. I am all for the artist being able to make a living from their work, but the idea of eradicating existing art doesn't sit well with me, hence your argument of taking the master files and withholding them is the exact opposite of what I have suggested. If a rich, evil investor were to purchase the rights to The Beatles discography and The Godfather trilogy then never allow them to be played again, that would be a cultural disaster (ok, maybe the 3rd Godfather film can go...). These old climbing films have a much smaller cultural impact, but it's still real.

I understand the basics of the current legal definition of copyright, and by that definition you are correct that the copyright owner can do what they want with it, but the philosophical debate is whether we should look for coherent justifications for the current system, or to take a more utilitarian approach - protecting the creators investment of time and resources whilst balancing this with encouraging socially beneficial uses of their work. In this case, I think having the video available to watch on YouTube would bring the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people whilst having minimal negative impact (if any) on the creator.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Johnny Brown on March 22, 2023, 10:18:26 am
I think the point is more that the film-makers here are not some distant creatives far away in space and time. Both live in Sheffield still, have been active UKB members at some point and many of us on the forum have emails or phone numbers for one or both of them. So it's no big deal to drop them a line and ask 'is this cool?'. Which has now happened, and unsurprisingly sounds like they'd both prefer to have some control.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 10:38:21 am
I think the point is more that the film-makers here are not some distant creatives far away in space and time. Both live in Sheffield still, have been active UKB members at some point and many of us on the forum have emails or phone numbers for one or both of them. So it's no big deal to drop them a line and ask 'is this cool?'. Which has now happened, and unsurprisingly sounds like they'd both prefer to have some control.

Uh Rhys said it was fine to stay up on YouTube but I removed it anyways because you all annoyed me
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: fatneck on March 22, 2023, 10:40:19 am
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Ben has asked me to send him the copy of stick it so he can edit out the opening track and upload it to his channel, which I obliged

Just out of interest I searched for Stick It on YouTube and found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIX4qErutvw&ab_channel=NC514), which has a track muted later on in the film. Assuming this is not Ben!?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 10:43:15 am
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Ben has asked me to send him the copy of stick it so he can edit out the opening track and upload it to his channel, which I obliged

Just out of interest I searched for Stick It on YouTube and found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIX4qErutvw&ab_channel=NC514), which has a track muted later on in the film. Assuming this is not Ben!?

No, that’s not Ben
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: fatneck on March 22, 2023, 10:44:06 am
Cool. That guy's channel is an absolute goldmine of climbing films!!
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 10:45:56 am
Cool. That guy's channel is an absolute goldmine of climbing films!!

He was smart and didn’t post about it on UKB
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Fultonius on March 22, 2023, 10:52:52 am
Cool. That guy's channel is an absolute goldmine of climbing films!!

He was smart and didn’t post about it on UKB

Given you now have permission to upload Winter Sessions, and the only reason you're not is that you're in a grump with the grumpy old crusties on here (well done, you've probably now qualified to be allowed on UKB)... maybe you could send me a link to the gdrive and I'll upload for the greater good?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 11:03:53 am
Cool. That guy's channel is an absolute goldmine of climbing films!!

He was smart and didn’t post about it on UKB

Given you now have permission to upload Winter Sessions, and the only reason you're not is that you're in a grump with the grumpy old crusties on here (well done, you've probably now qualified to be allowed on UKB)... maybe you could send me a link to the gdrive and I'll upload for the greater good?

Sorry but it’s not my material to share for download  :tease:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: SA Chris on March 22, 2023, 11:21:08 am
Cool. That guy's channel is an absolute goldmine of climbing films!!

Don't watch Specimen by accident thinking it might be part of said gold.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Duma on March 22, 2023, 11:34:47 am
this thread is fucking hilarious
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cowboyhat on March 22, 2023, 04:21:49 pm
Ding dong i think youve thrown the toys out if the pram here; us grumpy old argumentative bastards are just having a chat. Its debate. Are you not familiar with the forum? I say this because i'm on the fence about this, and generally agree with both views perhaps now I think about it coming down on the side of upload for all to enjoy.

As time goes by I tend not to worry about the petrol money I spent in 2007.

Anyway.

IIRC Rich Heap and or Ben P said they'd sold the rights to Stick It/ Hard Grit lock stock to a distributor for a lump sum; hence why they were available through Sharp edge and Epic TV to rent or download. And those rights holders still exist...(Someone correct me if I'm wrong).

Winter Sessions is a different case because Rhys never got permission for the music anyway.

There are a few aspects to this whole thing but it does seem to boil down to simply asking. Since we are a small community and not someone trying to seek to speak to Jay-z.

Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 04:31:09 pm
Ding dong i think youve thrown the toys out if the pram here; us grumpy old argumentative bastards are just having a chat. Its debate. Are you not familiar with the forum? I say this because i'm on the fence about this, and generally agree with both views perhaps now I think about it coming down on the side of upload for all to enjoy.

As time goes by I tend not to worry about the petrol money I spent in 2007.

Anyway.

IIRC Rich Heap and or Ben P said they'd sold the rights to Stick It/ Hard Grit lock stock to a distributor for a lump sum; hence why they were available through Sharp edge and Epic TV to rent or download. And those rights holders still exist...(Someone correct me if I'm wrong).

Winter Sessions is a different case because Rhys never got permission for the music anyway.

There are a few aspects to this whole thing but it does seem to boil down to simply asking. Since we are a small community and not someone trying to seek to speak to Jay-z.

Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

While you were typing this comment out I was out sending a 7C. Better way to spend your time than trying to argue with me even though I’ve now taken it all down
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Will Hunt on March 22, 2023, 04:56:02 pm
While you were typing this comment out I was out sending a 7C. Better way to spend your time than trying to argue with me even though I’ve now taken it all down

If this 7C is one of the ones featured in Stick It then I'm afraid to say that it's probably only 7B+  :boohoo:


Long live the Stick It grades, which no less than double the number of 7C+s I've done!
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Bonjoy on March 22, 2023, 05:36:04 pm
Have been in touch with Rhys. He's going to put Winter Sessions up on his own channel. He was keen to point out that he did get permission for the music used on it.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: sirlockoff on March 22, 2023, 05:48:43 pm
nice one! i always thought it was shame that winter sessions is not easily available (I had to do plenty of research to order it from some obscure germany company for a lot of money (45 euros????), then get a dvd player with an adapter, that was few years ago, I also didn't get any answer from Rhys through YT

regardless I like the movie a lot, especially the fact that it showcases plenty of nice climbs that get very few repeats nowadays: grizzly arete, pats roof, mothers pride
  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Falling Down on March 22, 2023, 05:52:32 pm
Steep Edge not Sharp Edge  :spank: :P
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Fiend on March 22, 2023, 06:44:38 pm
this thread is fucking hilarious
It's top isn't it. Ticks nearly all the boxes:


All it needs now is some heated bitching / kneejerk responses about a false starting position or invalid tick, and then some flouncing and post deletion, and it would be a full house.

Edit: ooooh maybe some political correctness about gender issues or wokery, or god knows what.


Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cowboyhat on March 22, 2023, 06:59:40 pm
Ding dong i think youve thrown the toys out if the pram here; us grumpy old argumentative bastards are just having a chat. Its debate. Are you not familiar with the forum? I say this because i'm on the fence about this, and generally agree with both views perhaps now I think about it coming down on the side of upload for all to enjoy.

As time goes by I tend not to worry about the petrol money I spent in 2007.

Anyway.

IIRC Rich Heap and or Ben P said they'd sold the rights to Stick It/ Hard Grit lock stock to a distributor for a lump sum; hence why they were available through Sharp edge and Epic TV to rent or download. And those rights holders still exist...(Someone correct me if I'm wrong).

Winter Sessions is a different case because Rhys never got permission for the music anyway.

There are a few aspects to this whole thing but it does seem to boil down to simply asking. Since we are a small community and not someone trying to seek to speak to Jay-z.

Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

While you were typing this comment out I was out sending a 7C. Better way to spend your time than trying to argue with me even though I’ve now taken it all down


I've shit 7c and you havent done any sat in the really important office of PRS on a wet Wednesday afternoon.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: robertostallioni on March 22, 2023, 07:18:01 pm

I've shit 7c
:lol:

I'd buy that T-shirt.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Jerry Morefat on March 22, 2023, 07:20:19 pm
While you were typing this comment out I was out sending a 7C. Better way to spend your time than trying to argue with me even though I’ve now taken it all down

Was this on your board? Best to take it down now you've done it I reckon.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: cheque on March 22, 2023, 07:43:36 pm
Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

Yeah as I said above Stonnis and The Seaside will be online for free once I can get some sense out of Vimeo. My account’s trapped in a kind of limbo currently. I have bonus features for The Seaside that I’m planning to post over the spring/ summer too.

I absolutely think that films that have ceased to be commercially viable should be online for free if their creators want them to be and I’m happy to do it with mine.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Neil F on March 22, 2023, 07:57:45 pm
That will be great, Mike.  I've never managed to see Stonnis, so will definitely look out for it online.

I hope you post the footage of Fiend on that route under the Crown Mines in Cornwall in the Seaside Extras (Shining Path?).  I bought Seaside a couple of years ago, hoping it would be included in the Extras, but no luck. I was hoping to glean some beta having been down to do the route, only to get chucked off by the National Trust warden.  In fact having established that she was talking bollocks (usual liability nonsense), and securered a written apology, we returned the following year and did the route.  So now it's more academic interest than beta that motivates me...!

Seem to remember attending the launch of Seaside too. Was it in Outside...?

Neil
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Will Hunt on March 22, 2023, 10:38:36 pm
Thanks Mike. Really looking forward to watching Stonnis again. I can't think of any better climbing footage than of Mark in Gaia.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 22, 2023, 11:48:38 pm
For anyone wanting to access the view only film drive, the link is here. You’ll need to request access:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1edtULsmHntpMOfIsa19IN2CHg3JsYEzX

Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Bradders on March 23, 2023, 09:07:06 am
Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

Yeah as I said above Stonnis and The Seaside will be online for free once I can get some sense out of Vimeo. My account’s trapped in a kind of limbo currently. I have bonus features for The Seaside that I’m planning to post over the spring/ summer too.

I absolutely think that films that have ceased to be commercially viable should be online for free if their creators want them to be and I’m happy to do it with mine.

Stick it on YouTube and maybe get some ad revenue?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 23, 2023, 09:17:37 am
Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

Yeah as I said above Stonnis and The Seaside will be online for free once I can get some sense out of Vimeo. My account’s trapped in a kind of limbo currently. I have bonus features for The Seaside that I’m planning to post over the spring/ summer too.

I absolutely think that films that have ceased to be commercially viable should be online for free if their creators want them to be and I’m happy to do it with mine.

Stick it on YouTube and maybe get some ad revenue?

Seeing as I can’t find his YouTube channel neither via google nor YouTube search itself I’m gonna hazard a guess that he doesn’t meet the minimum requirements to join the YouTube Partner Program which is the prerequisite to serve Ads on videos.
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Bradders on March 23, 2023, 09:20:05 am
Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

Yeah as I said above Stonnis and The Seaside will be online for free once I can get some sense out of Vimeo. My account’s trapped in a kind of limbo currently. I have bonus features for The Seaside that I’m planning to post over the spring/ summer too.

I absolutely think that films that have ceased to be commercially viable should be online for free if their creators want them to be and I’m happy to do it with mine.

Stick it on YouTube and maybe get some ad revenue?

Seeing as I can’t find his YouTube channel neither via google nor YouTube search itself I’m gonna hazard a guess that he doesn’t meet the minimum requirements to join the YouTube Partner Program which is the prerequisite to serve Ads on videos.

Shouldn't you be out climbing 7C?
Title: Re: Winter Sessions Now Up On YouTube
Post by: Dingdong on March 23, 2023, 09:21:06 am
Do you think in time you could come round to uploading Stonnis Mike, for the greater eyeballs etc....?

Yeah as I said above Stonnis and The Seaside will be online for free once I can get some sense out of Vimeo. My account’s trapped in a kind of limbo currently. I have bonus features for The Seaside that I’m planning to post over the spring/ summer too.

I absolutely think that films that have ceased to be commercially viable should be online for free if their creators want them to be and I’m happy to do it with mine.

Stick it on YouTube and maybe get some ad revenue?

Seeing as I can’t find his YouTube channel neither via google nor YouTube search itself I’m gonna hazard a guess that he doesn’t meet the minimum requirements to join the YouTube Partner Program which is the prerequisite to serve Ads on videos.

Shouldn't you be out climbing 7C?

It’s my day off  :no:
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