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Toyfortune, a few notes:

1) Anime North is for AMVs, Sundance is for normal videos. Some people will create an AMV every few days, whereas I'm quite certain the people at Sundance are not making 20-30 videos a year. They will work on their one video basically the entire time. Granted, I'm sure some do make a few a year, but still far less then amateur AMV editors.

2) Stop comparing anime conventions AMV contests to regular film festivals, they're different things. They're going to have different rules, just like one anime convention will have differing rules to Anime Norths. It is up to those in charge to determine what they feel will result in the best contest they can create.

3) Your comment "I understand you don't want people submitting videos that won from conventions the year before", well, you do realize, there are conventions in November and December, correct? It wouldn't seem like it, since your entire line right there just contradicted itself if you were to admit to knowing such information. There were I believe, around 4-6 conventions between November 1st and December 31st of 2007. Which leads me into the next point:

4) My suggestion would remove any chance that someone would be able to enter their video into a convention at the end of the previous year. Thus removing one issue that Anime North tries to keep at bay. H

5) " ... but we're not allowed to publicly premiere it on YouTube." this likely has nothing to do with copyright laws. I seriously doubt Anime North really cares about copyright law infractions which you are creating by making an AMV. They are just trying to stop old videos from entering into a contest.

6) "There should be at LEAST one year". At 'least', that would mean you should be allowed more? So I should be able to enter a video I premiered 5 years ago and have worked on for those 5 years to perfect it? That is what you're saying.

Honestly, maybe it is just me, but your entire post is coming off as nothing but whining because you didn't read the rules and found out your video is ineligible. In the end, Anime North is kind enough to run the AMV contest for us editors do enter, they make the rules which they feel are going to bring in the best videos that they can get, while keeping it competitive. If you have an issue with this, I, as a fellow editor with no affiliation with the convention proper aside from being someone who competes and attends, would suggest you not enter. Because obviously you don't find their rules suiting to your view on how contest rules and guidelines should be. If you find it such a big issue, just don't enter, but don't complain about it because your video isn't allowed to enter because of your own mistake.

But seriously, why is it every year, someone has to have some issue with something about the contest? This year it's the deadline, last year it was "why can't we find out if we're a finalist/winner before the convention", the year before that we also had an issue with formats/resolutions and a member was banned from the forum because of it.