I worked with a guy for a while who would submit everything to IMDB over and over until it was accepted. some of them were shorts that never screened anywhere and one of them was just some test footage that we cut together as a joke for ourselves and never even intended for it to be seen but he posted it on imdb anyway because he wanted to pad out his resume. i would like to have my name removed from these projects and i've submitted that multiple times and it never works. how do i go about getting this done?
Posted 5 years ago
bluesmanSF, Champion
Michelle, Official Rep
Hi Michael -
If you provide a list of the ineligible titles here (their names and the IMDb URLs), I can forward them to our title editors who can take a look.
If you provide a list of the ineligible titles here (their names and the IMDb URLs), I can forward them to our title editors who can take a look.
thank you for the help. here's the list and the explanations.
Shingling: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1883336/?ref_=nm_flmg_cin_1
As it says in the trivia on this listing, this was actually just a test shoot that was put together for fun and later put on youtube. it was never intended to be a real film.
In Security: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1526593/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_13
This short was made for a contest and wasn't accepted and then was just dumped on youtube later. It never screened anywhere publicly except for youtube.
The Homewreckers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756812/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11
This was made for a comedy film festival in Austin and was not accepted and never screened anywhere publicly but youtube.
Shingling: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1883336/?ref_=nm_flmg_cin_1
As it says in the trivia on this listing, this was actually just a test shoot that was put together for fun and later put on youtube. it was never intended to be a real film.
In Security: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1526593/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_13
This short was made for a contest and wasn't accepted and then was just dumped on youtube later. It never screened anywhere publicly except for youtube.
The Homewreckers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756812/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11
This was made for a comedy film festival in Austin and was not accepted and never screened anywhere publicly but youtube.
Michelle, Official Rep
Thanks Michael, I have forwarded these listings to our title editors for review, as soon as I hear back about these listings I will post the relevant information here.
Niall, Employee
I can confirm that these titles are eligible under point three of our eligibility guide
With the ever evolving way that people publish and consume media content, more and more projects are being released via the internet or on apps, we are trying to evolve with the industry to accommodate what our customers are viewing.
We have written new guidelines relating to our acceptance policies for online content are awaiting sign off before publishing it to the site soon.
- Released on video or the web or prints have been made available to the public.
With the ever evolving way that people publish and consume media content, more and more projects are being released via the internet or on apps, we are trying to evolve with the industry to accommodate what our customers are viewing.
We have written new guidelines relating to our acceptance policies for online content are awaiting sign off before publishing it to the site soon.
can i ask what you're basing it on? only one of the three films is available online, in security, and the only place it's available is the imdb site. if i knew how to remove it i would. i wrote it and own the script as well as directed it but i didn't authorize it to be on your site.
Niall, Employee
Well in part this is based on your previous message where you mentioned
that all three were available on youtube. thereby fulfilling our
criteria for listing.
"Released on video or the web or prints have been made available to the public."
Please note that you do not have to give authorization to list a title on the site if it is (or was) publicly available. We welcome contributions from all are users, one does not have to be connected to a title to supply us with information about it.
Our aim is to be the most complete and reliable source of movie information on the web. Therefore, in order to keep offering our users an accurate and trustworthy service, it is our policy not to alter or delete any kind of correct/factual information or credit from our records. In line with this policy we do not delete data that we believe to be correct.
Thank you for your understanding.
"Released on video or the web or prints have been made available to the public."
Please note that you do not have to give authorization to list a title on the site if it is (or was) publicly available. We welcome contributions from all are users, one does not have to be connected to a title to supply us with information about it.
Our aim is to be the most complete and reliable source of movie information on the web. Therefore, in order to keep offering our users an accurate and trustworthy service, it is our policy not to alter or delete any kind of correct/factual information or credit from our records. In line with this policy we do not delete data that we believe to be correct.
Thank you for your understanding.
they were available at one time, but i'm not even sure if he had made them publicly available. they may have been unlisted. he just used putting them on there to get imdb credit.
is it possible to at least petition the video be removed? several people involved don't want it out there and haven't signed anything about it being made publicly available.
is it possible to at least petition the video be removed? several people involved don't want it out there and haven't signed anything about it being made publicly available.
Niall, Employee
There is a help desk queue were you can send title deletion requests but since you have already stated that they were made publicly available on the internet, they will not be removed.
http://www.imdb.com/helpdesk/report_titledeletion
http://www.imdb.com/helpdesk/report_titledeletion
I get that you're saying that anyone can post a video online now and you guys will treat it as a valid movie. ive accepted that i cant get you to remove the listing but my question is about the actual movie that is being hosted on your site. the video of in security is on the page and as a copyright owner of it I dont want it made available to the public. how do I request the video be removed?
Niall, Employee
If you go to the video in question and scroll to the bottom of the page there is a 'Frequently Asked Questions' section. Under 'How do I report video problems?' there is a link to report issues with the video.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Niall
I hope this helps.
Regards
Niall
Michael Charron
Vincent, Champion
If these films don't exist than the entire film page would need to be taken down, so which films are you talking about? can you link the pages?
If these films exist in some form but your name is not actually in the credits, then you may need to show screenshots of the film credits or a link to a video of the credits that shows you are not in them. That way you would get removed but the film would stay on IMDB.
But if in the end these are actual short films that exist somewhere and your name is actually in the credits, they wont be taken down. IMDB strives for accuracy so please supply as much info as you can one way or the other.
Michael Charron
that's the most egregious one. from my understanding, and correct me if i'm wrong, but just being on youtube isn't good enough to get listed on imdb. i have 3 short films on my imdb that never screened anywhere other than youtube.