PIRACY!!! A real problem these days is internet piracy of copyright material. As we own a vast amount of material it means a huge temptation to people to pirate and publish our copyright photos and video clips. It is even worse when these unscrupulous sites charge memberships to view this material they don’t own, or have no approval for or rights to offer. Such a site is http://mxmen.com/ and we have just instructed them to remove 440 of our photos and several video clips. If any of you are ever suspicious that a photo or clip you see on another site belongs to GMV, please let us know as it will be truly appreciated. Fortunately my style is quite distinctive and different to most everyone else, which helps easily identify my work. Prime target has always been my classic photos of MIKE MENTZER from the 1970s on the beach and at Muscle Rocks. See our videos of Mike as follows:
V-112 Mike Mentzer on the Beach
V-121 Mike & Ray Mentzer in the Gym
V-128 Mike Mentzer Pumping at Home
V-103 1980 Mr. Olympia: Arnold's & Mentzer's Last Contest
So let’s be crystal clear:
NO GMV MATERIAL IS CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED FOR INCLUSION ON ANY OTHER SITE. Maybe at some time in the future our own material with video clips will be available on our own pay site. If it is, you will hear it first from us. ********************************** FIBO SHORTS Just a short further note on FIBO this year. The Weider show saw the return of Europe’s super Master of Ceremonies on the Weider stage in the person of Mr. Gravel Voice, HARRY de JONGE of Holland. Harry has been the compere of these Weider shows for years at FIBO but his loud and raucous voice has been sadly missed over the last few years. Those of you who regularly buy FIBO tapes will remember his loud exhortations of “Come on, Come on” as the top guys and girls come out to pose or posedown. Ah! It was just like old times. I spoke to Harry after and welcomed him back. Harry has his regular Pro Rankings List published in MUSCLEMAG. Many find it controversial as it still includes guys such as Dorian Yates at 8th place, even though he retired some years ago. Charles Clairmonte is another, and I feel all retired guys should be removed from the ratings.
ERNIE TAYLOR told us at FIBO that he will definitely be contesting the Aussie Grand Prix next year in Melbourne. It seems he heard from his good friend J.D. Dawodu what a good time he had in Australia at this year’s GP. Plus earning his invitation to this year’s OLYMPIA. One final word on our FIBO helper DENNIS SCHAEFFER. Arnold has just helped get Dennis a part in his first movie in USA, shooting soon. Dennis is a famous fitness model in Germany and is also becoming quite well known in USA. You can see him in action with Barbarian David Paul in our Men’s Expo video from the ARNOLD CLASSIC, GMV-414. To see more of Dennis check out his web site at http://www.dennis-schaeffer.de You will also see Dennis in this year’s FIBO videos which will go into editing shortly. ********************************** NEW RELEASE See GMV-410 for the much awaited release this week of the 2001 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX VIDEO. Chris CORMIER brilliantly won this event. The Pump Room video from this show is now being edited and will be available next week. ********************************* GOLDEN WEB AWARD FOR GMV Good news for all of us. The GMV Web Site has just won a GOLDEN WEB AWARD from the International Association of Web Masters & Designers. A similar award was also won by our web designers for their own site M-Plex. Check it out at http://www.mplex.com.au as it has some fantastic information. These super talented people are Paul and Kerry so let us know if you want to talk to them! ******************************* FEEDBACK ON ARNOLD CLASSIC For those of you who have bought tapes from my series of 7 from the ARNOLD CLASSIC please give me some feedback and tell me what you liked best so that I can zero in more on these areas, if possible, next year. There were certain restrictions on what I could do so let's hope I can bring you an even better coverage in 2002. ********************************* ON THE ROAD AGAIN In a few weeks time I will be travelling to Vienna, Austria to tape the World Championships in Baden. This is for men and women and includes fitness classes. Day 1 June 9th is the NABBA World Championships
Day 2 June 10th is the WFF Universe On May 27th, the Australian qualifier for the above events will be held in Melbourne. Watch for all the videos from these events in due course. ******************************* IFBB PRO COMING EVENTS & CONTEST RESULTS Many of you have asked me for the dates for the coming Olympias and Pro Grand Prix etc. We have now listed this information, and you will find the 2 links at the bottom of the page. To save you scrolling down right now – here they are. COMING EVENTS and CONTEST RESULTS ******************************* GMV: COMING TO A STORE NEAR YOU? GMV is currently negotiating with MUSCLEMAG to supply videos to their chain of 25 odd fitness stores in USA and Canada. With close to 1 million hits per month to our site from North America that is a lot of potential customers calling MUSCLEMAG stores to see if our most popular videos are yet in stock! For more info, and to find the store closest to you please call and ask for Graham Bristow, ph: (905) 507-3545 ext.107, or email him at gbristow@musclemagintl.com, as he is the purchasing manager for the stores. |
