BRUTAL DEMO-RIPPING


         (Dr.Avalanche/Ind.)

It was June, 26th 1994 when I switched
on   MTV   while   "120  Minutes"  was
televised.  And  I  was very surprised
what  I  saw  there  ...  it  was  the
Vectortunnel  from  "Lethal  Exit"  by
Digital!!!  First  I  thought positive
and  I  thought of a special about the
computer-scene   or  computergenerated
music/effects. But it wasn`t!!! Then I
got sick ... very sick!!!

What  I`ve  seen  there  was  a  video
called  "Gulf  Brease"  from the group
"Eat  Static".  I  was  really shocked
because  of  the brutal ripping, which
couldn`t  be  overseen by a scener. 90
per  cent  of this music-video existed
only   of  famous  demo-effects.  Some
effects  I can remember are, as I said
before,  the  Vectortunnel from Lethal
Exit  (Digital),  the  RGB Sphere from
Guardian   Dragon  II  (Kefrens),  the
Vectortunnel  from  Sanity (Jesterday,
WoC`92) and many effects from State of
the  art  by Spaceballs and many, many
other  demo  effects  from  some by me
unknown demos. Sometimes these effects
were genlocked with the musicians.

I  couldn`t believe that the producers
of this video asked the REAL producers
of  the effects if they are allowed to
RIP  them for the video. If no special
permission   exists,  they  have  just
STOLEN the effects and that`s illegal.
A  demo has also like other products a
kind of copyright. It is punishable to
break  a copyright. The mainreason why
I`m  angry  about  this  is  that  the
producers  had  nearly  no expenses to
make  this  music-video.  They`ve just
rested  on the work of others. I would
like  to  know  what  YOU  think about
this,  so  please  take  a  pen  and a
paper,  write  down  your  opinion and
send it to:
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             Dr.Avalanche
            Rene Kueppers
          Am Kammerbusch 38
            41812 Erkelenz
               Germany
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****  Don`t  think this would be a bad
     joke, it`s pure reality ****
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At  least  a  big  sorry if this short
article   isn`t  written  as  good  as
others,   but   this   is   my   first
mag-article I made.