I was just wondering how the rules now apply to all the PVs that are currently out in the media section since all of them have been officially released on the VIDEO ACTION DVD.
And all the PVs before Shunkan Sentimental were also released on the DVD Of the BEST SCANDAL CD+DVD version.
So technically this would make them all official releases.

I was wondering because my friend asked me to send him SCANDAL songs but I told him to buy the songs on itunes(Yes I don't even give my friends SCANDAL for free :D). Then he asked me about the PVs which is when I got confused

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think they are considered Official Release, unless they are exclusively DVD/BD like どぼんどぼんどのテーマ or SCANDALのテーマ PV.

I don't want to be rude, but that is basically almost saying that when a movie is aired on TV it's okay to pirate it because it has been on TV and is therfore not a DVD/BD exclusive anymore.

The Video Action DVD has been sold to make money... well and it only contains PVs. So to me that is an official release.

Again I am sorry I am not trying to bash your opinion you might be right

So what do you want? Do you want them to mark all PVs as official release now? And I'm not pirating, I bought both DVD and BD versions of VA as well as various others which gives me quite a collection of their PVs. But I'm just saying, you could say that everything SCANDAL on youtube is pirated since Sony cracks down on them anyway, it's just a matter of time, so we should not post anything in the media section?

A line has to be drawn between what is considered "Official Release" or not, and there are some differences in the PVs from VA and those that have been released publicly.

My main concern about this was about us still allowing to post them and such. I am NOT against posting them in the media section at all.
I just wanted verify whether we are allowed to or not in case they are seen as Official release.D:

As the rules haven't been updated or changed, you can still post PVs and stuff, the staff will remove anything if they feel that it is Official Release, or if you think somebody has posted something that is Official Release, just use the report button, the staff can then decide whether it should be removed.

PVs of any band or artist aren't official release. That's why they are PROMOTIONAL videos. By watching the video companies want to make you buy the single. But they are for free. o-o;; Also when buying the single sometimes you also get to the PV. But fact that you got ot when you paid doesn't make them official releases.

So let me get this straight then.

The PV currently out are good to go.
But what if someone for example would make an HD rip of the PVs from the BD, can it be posted or not.

I am sorry if I didn't really made it clear what I was getting at.

No, but there are differences between the PVs from Video Action and the general release PVs, if a staff can spot the differences they will know whether those PVs have been taken from Video Action or if they are from the general releases.

I'll get back to you guys on this one.

When I made that rule, what I mean by Official Release are the PVs that came from any of the stuffs released/sold by SCANDAL. This includes rips from DVD and BD because these are the PVs that came from the stuffs that we buy to show support for the girls.

What is allowed are PV rips from the TV, since these weren't officially sold to people, any person with a TV and a good cable is able to view it.

But what if someone for example would make an HD rip of the PVs from the BD, can it be posted or not.

Exactly what is not allowed.

So if you'll look at the PVs in the media section, all of it are TV rips. If you see one that is not, then kindly report it.

I was going to wait for my VA to come in and compare it with the TV versions. The only thing I can guess would be the TV channel's logo at the top right corner, but it's still too early for me to tell.

There are differences, I'm not posting it cause it might be a spoiler for some people, but aside from HD/non-HD, the content of the PV itself has some slight differences.

NathanielG wrote:There are differences, I'm not posting it cause it might be a spoiler for some people, but aside from HD/non-HD, the content of the PV itself has some slight differences.

I only found two so far, which are probably the most obvious ones.
Can you give me a list which PVs have changes to them, so I know in which PVs I have too pay extra attention.

The only difference I think that's needed to spot the difference is the station logo in the upper right and the PV details in the bottom left. DVD/BD rips don't show any of that.

I just realized something when I visitede SCANDAL MEDIA >>PV section

the threads of Scandal PV in MKV was gone.. is it deleted because of this discussion?
I need confirmation for this

I can tell you right now that it's in the garbage bin, but I'm not sure who put it there.

danny_warfield wrote:I just realized something when I visitede SCANDAL MEDIA >>PV section

the threads of Scandal PV in MKV was gone.. is it deleted because of this discussion?
I need confirmation for this

Yes. The PVs there are rips from the DVD and the site providing those are also starting to have BD rips now.

@mc
I see.. Thanks for the information