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Entries to the “Piss Off Lane Hartwell” Video Contest

ByNalts

Below are some video montages that will soon get removed by YouTube, resulting from the inevitable DMCA notices that Wired freelance photographer Lane Hartwell will send (when she’s finished wrapping presents and invoicing strangers). Per my earlier post, Hartmwell took action against The Ricter Scales for using a second of her photo in their “Here…

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7 Commandments for Winning a Video Contest

ByNalts

Brett Slater (Slaters Garage) was doing radio production, song writing and voiceovers about a year ago. Now he’s integrated simple video into his mix, and is sweeping up contests one after another. How does he do it? Check out his seven commandments for winning a video contest. I’ll tease you with three: Thou shalt be…

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Contests That Require Registration to Vote

ByNalts

Ahhh the video contest. Is it a way to engage creators, or for marketers to do “lead gen” (snatch the e-mail address of creators’ friends)? I understand why contests require registration for rating — we wouldn’t want a “Chicago” style election. At the same time, these “one-off” contest websites are maddening. For example, here’s a…

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  1. That came out SOOOOO good!! 🙂

    YAY Charlie!

    FIrst place seems feasible to me!

  3. Nalts, I wish you luck. I hope you do better on this contest than I did on that shrimp contest I was in.

    “Runner-up” FEH!

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