Comments on: CanonFilmmakers.com Says Goodbye

By: I’m Back with a New Name, New Look and Expanded Mission | Dare Dreamer Magazine

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:45:58 +0000

[…] the rights to the movie Blade Runner might come calling. I didn’t want to happen to my blog what happened to my friends Jon Connor and Christine Valdivieso and their site CanonFilmmakers. So I decided to beat the lawyers to the punch. I toyed around with […]

By: Ron Dawson

Ron Dawson — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:36:08 +0000

In reply to rodolfo vazquez. That's a good question. I haven't the vaguest idea.

By: rodolfo vazquez

rodolfo vazquez — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:27:18 +0000

I understand they are closing down “canonfilmmakers” but what is going to happen to “canonrumors” since it still has their Canon name involved. Although I do understand that this other website is for rumors rather than resources…

By: Ron Dawson

Ron Dawson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:21:27 +0000

In reply to Dan Rollins. I'm sure J & C have to be hush, hush now for legal reasons, so we don't know what Canon may or may not do. But these are great ideas. If I were Canon, I would take this opportunity to come out a hero and do something really nice for them.

By: Dan Rollins

Dan Rollins — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:26:56 +0000

That is sad, I too understand the reason but I would have a least liked to see Canon throw some money their way for being such great cheerleaders for Canon. I wonder how many people decided to purchase Canon gear as a result of the positive influence of the website? In light of the recent press about the dude auctioning social.com for a starting price of $5million, I would think Canon could have at least purchased the domain from them for some good cash, and then offered to help them get the name out for their new domain (assuming they continue under another name). Sorta like the Apple deal with the Velcro video, that brought great visibility to Jesse Roston for a while.

At the very least… Canon should send them a thank you card with a coupon for gear.

Thanks for the post Ron!
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By: Ron Dawson

Ron Dawson — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:05:12 +0000

In reply to Carl Olson. You make a great point Carl. And I can emotionally connect with what you're saying. But I also know how legal departments in companies like this think. I don't know how Canon went about doing this. I would hope they would look at this as an opportunity to connect with Jon and Cristina, maybe even sponsor them. Who knows. Maybe J & C can talk to them about that too. We shall see.

By: Carl Olson

Carl Olson — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:59:30 +0000

Ron, while I don’t have particulars on this case, and I do understand the need to protect a trademark (I own trademarks myself), I do think Canon is missing a good PR opportunity here. I believe they could have worked something out with Jon & Cristina. I believe the suits at Canon need to read Gary Vaynerchuk’s The Thank You Economy. Canon really should have been in the forefront of sponsoring Jon & Cristina’s Canon Filmmakers Live events that were so poplular.

While I understand your point and agree in principle, I do believe that Canon may have been heavy handed and manage to give themselves a black eye in the HDSLR community. Will we stop using their cameras? No. However, the HDSLR community’s loyalty to Canon is dinged.

So what’s next? Is Canon going to go after all the other websites and online communities with Canon in their name?