Song of the Week - Chocobo's Happy Christmas precedent debate

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

I voted no only to prevent the Chocobo's Christmas clause from being invoked in some unforeseen fashion, down the road.

However, I will say that I would allow doujin arrangements of popular tracks, composed by established professionals, IF the arrangement itself has maintained an apparent level of quietude in the VGM community.

It shouldn't have been the subject of much fanfare at a widely recognized remix/doujin site.

This is the apparent difference between Soule's SV and Chocobo Christmas. Hamazau's piece wasn't nearly as celebrated upon its release in the VGM community, ostensibly meeting the "relative obscurity" requirement.

I'll also throw a nod of support for Dr. Uzuki's motion that future nominations of this sort be evaluated individually and not made subject to a blanket clause. Doing otherwise is cutting off one's nose to spite the face.

At the risk of sounding exceptionally lazy, I agree with everything in this post. This entire topic makes my head hurt too much to say anything original...

Jam it back in, in the dark.