EOL showreel?

[FXDude]

Sure count me in. Also I think gathering content from individual users should 'only' be one part of it for the purpose of this reel to be from the community, but which shouldn't exclude the possibility of also using bits from well known productions in which Softimage was used to create them.

More about fair-use:

While there is no hard and fast rule that tells you whether a use or intended use of a copyrighted work is a fair use or not, Section 107 provides some examples of the types of activities that are intended to be fair use.

The example recited in the statute include: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research.

So, for example, a movie critics' use of very brief clips of a movie for purposes of reviewing the movie is most usually fair use.

Likewise, a professor distributing a newspaper article to the students in his or her class as part of an assignment is also probably a fair use.

And this production definitely falls in the comment/criticism/review tranche, as these segments are -exclusively- for the purpose of reviewing Softimage use in these movies/ads, in an even less 'commercial' endeavor than doing movie criticism.

Otherwise.. I think I speak for everyone when saying; hang in there Hirazi! :]