There was a flurry of activity prior to the concerts to urgently try to organize videoing.  This was partially documented on the PW list.  Initially it was thought we (PW) would be permitted to do an amateur shoot.  Then a commercial deal was struck and the amateur shoot was canceled.
Here's my understanding of what ensued.  What becomes of the material shot by the team at Canberra is in the same category as the material shot at Manly (same crew/deal involved).  It is all most probably the pride and joy of a low-access personal collection at present (probably the band/office and the video team have copies), and it may eventually be converted (cut, compressed, groomed, spliced, trimmed, etc) into something that all the parties including Sony can agree to, whence it may appear in shrink wrap at JB HiFi for $30.   It has to be considered viable as a commercial project for that to proceed.  Until such it will probably not escape from the safe, unless someone in the picture relaxes their control of the material and lets something uncommercial and indiscriminate happen.

I guess if someone came and videoed my playing I'd be pretty sure I'd want to have some control of the material - as frequently said about the Oils attitude: to ensure quality.  Regrettably it's not my choice to make, therefore not my ethical/moral dilemma to agitate.  Tempting though, given we almost had a non-commercial crew installed.  With Office approval, it would have been just released to the public domain for broad public enjoyment.  Perhaps the crew (also PW members/lurkers) might still put some material forward of the Manly and Canberra shows, free of commercial constraints?  It's good to hope.

Cheers
RM


Dayne Dale wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Pete made that comment in relation to Sound Relief, not the warm-ups.

--- In powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au, Funky Wrench <funky_wrench@...> wrote:
 

So I noticed a whole bunch of cameras at the show and Pete at one stage said something about being able to watch it if you have cable. Has anyone seen any adds on Max or the like? Can anyone record it to DVD?

 

from Steve