Stolen asdfmovie clips with a sound effect edited in. I scoured the complete asdfmovie collection to confirm, as I had never seen asdfmovie before. The clips come from 7:05, 8:55, 9:05, 24:35, 24:40, 25:31, 25:39, 26:10, and 26:15 and this is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcNpBNpvyc4

I removed it. Thanks for the report and the thorough research on where it was stolen from precisely.

submission previously taken down by the moderation team

I don't have the link of the original submission though, can someone find it?

Check your voting history. All removed submissions stay there so they can be easily reported again with full details.

You cannot remove it unless you somehow mess with Tom's system. It will be considered UJ.

Edit: Viewing history works differently. Interesting.

This user has not had any movie submissions removed by mods.

#819127: Third (and last?) unchanged resubmission. A dedicated Steve fangirl, I see.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/rip/819063

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/rip/819031

#819130: Stolen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp7gRVGeDZs

They just keep coming... I need to post faster to fit them all in one post.

#819132: Stolen. Do I need to explain? Hi again, DJ DD.

#819133: Funny.

Do not submit low quality entries with the intent to give users "free blam points."

#819144, #819145: Resubmissions of removed gameplay footage (#819077 and #819079) by the same user.

See previous post (#27067461).

Edit: This one was blammed before it could be removed.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/rip/819079

#819180: Stolen. Lazy edit of FNF Week 4, doesn't credit the original artists.

No actual artwork added to count as a proper "parody".

#819178: Stolen. Totally not obvious even though I don't know anything about the Sonic universe.

https://youtu.be/Uuv2N9fmiUI?t=148 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuv2N9fmiUI 2:28)

Bonus

#819181: Thoughts?

#819189: Stolen from RetroGames.

#819193: Live action footage.

#819195: Look who's back. Stolen content, resubmission of #818713 and #818246.

Original:

#819196: Self-recording of 3DMM. No thumbnail attached here because blood and guts.

Is this improperly rated? Seems a bit risque to be rated T.

Agreed, we can see the cat's buttocks even though she's just awakening. Let's petition it to M.

I've had it with that guy!

u suggesting that 3DMM be banned? How else do we get such classics as Piconjo:T3H M0$T D3VI0US L1CK, Amoung us in a nutshell, and let's not forget Bebder Game 3D. How come this isn't alowed but these do

Damn, the movie itself is real good too, the recording window should be smaller though.

And it got blammed. I don't know how you managed to get them up to 4 stars, but this sure should've been higher than 0.86.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/rip/819196

No, I'm pointing out that recording oneself filming one's own animation isn't actual animation.

Movie Guidelines

a.k.a. "No animation" for #819196. Sorry if that was unclear and thanks for tombstoning it, that solves the issue.

First time posting here >-<

I usually report a submission whenever there's copyrighted music, but I want to be sure about this one.

Answering correctly to the third question plays the Final Fantasy VII victory theme other than that, I'm not sure that the other music is copyrighted but it does sound so. As per game guidelines:

"You must have rights to the music in your submission, or be using music that grants rights freely. Your favorite song from the radio can't be played here."

Excellent catch (and welcome to the Barracks where we hunt for improper submissions and help NG moderation take care of it - or the other way around).

That is indeed copyrighted by Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft); specifically, Nobuo Uematsu's work.

If you are unsure, before flagging, double-check with Exedor or another moderator for assistance. I'll be removed before you get to flag it, but we don't (at least not all of us) do it for the "points". They will also have less reports to take care of if they are incorrect and this saves everyone time.

Hehe, thank you for the welcome. It's kind of strange, having used this website through the years and only now trying to give something back. My question sprouted from remembering Epic Battle Fantasy having Final Fantasy music... Yeah I was VERY little when I wound up here >>"

As far as I remember, there has always been this argument that crops up every now & again about whether "Live-action" stuff should be uploaded to NG. This occurred around the time that Stop-Motion became popular for a short while, and many argued that it wasn't "proper" animation. Keep in mind that this was when Flash was in full swing.

However, I would have to agree with you here, even though there is a continuing argument whether IRL videos should be uploaded to NG.

Keep in mind that the highest rated movie of all time is a trailer for Madness Project Nexus, which contains primarily both live action and gameplay footage.

Our focus is on animation. If you want to try live action here, it must be a short film with legit production value and preferably some animation component done in post production.

That's not to say that this should be taken off. It's a really good movie and they have full rights to it.

Before we get into a live action debate, the submissions Commander Lizzardis referred to (e.g. #819193, #819043) were lazy edits of night club videos made with Wondershare Filmora and ripped from YouTube videos, not informative documentaries or stuff like that.

I'm also all for more content in the portal but the guidelines are quite clear about submissions that aren't the user's own submission, and we don't want to bother the NG moderation team with tons of links to the "original DailyMotion recording of the original YouTube recording of the original music video/live action" nor spend an eternity trying to find all of the tidbits stolen from other content for each submission.

Nothing against any engine that isn't explicitly forbidden by the Portal Guidelines. Recording oneself doing stuff that should be directly submitted is not animation, this has nothing to do with the engine used. A game submission example would be recording oneself playing a Scratch project - Scratch isn't the problem.

For content that NG moderation had considered and debated, the guidelines are as follows:

Do not submit Let's Play videos or anything that primarily depends on recorded video game footage.

We usually report this under "gameplay footage" unless it's an obvious parody and not just the user recording themselves doing stuff.

Do not submit something that is merely a sound visualizer set to music, or a recording of your music project timeline. If you want to promote your song in the movie portal, it should be set to original animation like a proper music video; otherwise stick to the Audio Portal.

Usually ends up here as "no animation" or "should belong in the audio portal".

Do not submit speedpaint / art timelapse videos. We would like to accommodate these in the future but for now your best option would be to embed a YouTube video under your finished art entry in the Art Portal.

Confirmed with Commander Exedor in DM that these could be flagged as such but took some time to clear.

Now, as for live action as in actual live action (an example would be live documentaries for the informative section):

Our focus is on animation. If you want to try live action here, it must be a short film with legit production value and preferably some animation component done in post production.

The NG moderation team has probably asked Tom about this countless times over the years.

Hopefully this clears things up! Thanks and please let me know if I'm crossing boundaries with this post.

Edit: Stealth typofix.

819206: Would this count as a sound visualiser set to music? IDK, let the professionals decide.

Also, this is a new user and this is apparently their first submission

I don't think you're crossing any boundaries at all, and kudos for the informative post.

I was merely highlighting the fact that video footage, whether it's live-action or otherwise, has always been a point of contention in regards to whether it should be uploaded, or even allowed, in the portal.

I do think that somewhere lies a grey area in which people should use their own discretion, both users who vote & the mods who review the flags.

It's always interesting to see the issue crop up every once in a while & see how views have changed over the years.

Thanks, Commander Lizzardis. *salutes*

#819228: Here's an example of a dangerous submission. RL footage that could put the user at risk.

There seems to be effort in this one (especially on the theme), I'd say just vote on it (the content) normally.

Users should really make use of the submission comment and description fields, helps a lot when unsure about what the content itself is trying to convey.

So now it’s illegal to record a non-standard animation source into video? How does that work?

Let’s take that 3D Movie Maker movie as an example. There seems to be no official way to export 3DMM movies directly to video, as far as I have researched, so screen recording is usually the only option to turn it into a format that Newgrounds can accept (MP4 or other video file).

How exactly do you define the way you turn an animation into a video file as illegal under the Guidelines? Would you only accept videos exported directly using the animation software? Do we not allow the use of 3DMM, Scratch, or other programs that don’t have any proper video export feature? Is it the fact that a computer tab is open that makes it illegal? Or the Bandicam watermark at the top? But then Flipaclip has a watermark and that for the most part is allowed. Do we not allow borders around the animation? This is complicated!

I couldn’t see any descriptions.