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I'm curious as to why you think a lot of the things you said.

Momoi encourages video/streaming/pictures etc. She can give permission to people allowing them to post videos of her in face book, and once again, encourages it.

So I will ask you, who are you to speak on behalf of what Momoi would and would not like, and what she would find best for her fans?

Why does it matter who I am? I couldn't care less who you are. You're obviously confused.

Still, for your benefit, my real name is Elias Ross and I have been a fan of Momoi since 2004 when I staffed Anime Expo Tokyo and she performed there.

I'm speaking to the benefit of her audience, including my wife and several others who were annoyed by people taping and blocking the view of the stage.

I do know Momoi doesn't mind casual taping, and I know several in our Momoi group do tape, but they use a tripod set up in the back. These people also have the sense to NOT ask her permission to distribute their video, since they know this is illegal. For this reason, Fanime has sufficient excuse to ban filming.

And as precedent, Fanime has also created plenty of blanket rules to deal with people who are discourteous. My position is that these people are trouble for me and others and have come to this forum to ask for an additional rule, which I believe is quite reasonable.

In my opinion, taping in the middle of the audience is completely unnecessary (stand in the back), misses the purpose of attending a live event (non-participation), and a nuisance. How do you otherwise?

Thanks for setting this up. It seemed to go off without any trouble. I had a great time. The sound was good, etc.

I do have a request. Could you please disallow taking of video at all live events by ordinary attendees?

In particular, several attendees were standing in the front row of the Halko Momoi event, the entire time taking video. They were not press. Most importantly, the content they are taping could not be legally distributed in whole (not considered fair use.) I would consider this a copyright concern. Many fans do not seem to understand this or have a sense this is wrong. One person tried to "ask" Momoi at her panel if he could post and link to his content from Facebook. Of course she can't give permission to do that!

Secondly, it annoys those around them, creating a visual distraction and obstruction. Obviously those recording want to be as close to the stage as possible. A video camera okay policy essentially encourages a "wall" of video taping where people want to interact with the guest cannot.

Most importantly, it goes against the spirit of attending a live event. There are already professionally recorded videos of similar performances for sale. Momoi is special in that the audience is always interacting with the performance through calls and dance. People are of course free to watch quietly. However, it seems disrespectful to the performer to be more concerned with their video than experiencing the event.

In general, Fanime should probably ban any video recording unless the persons recording got permission or a press badge for live events, excepting panels.