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Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/14/05 03:09
"Drake" wrote ...
> Bob Cap wrote:
>> "Drake" wrote ...
>>> Someone that I know owns the tape library of an old show that no longer
>>> is shown on television, and he is offering to license the tapes to me.
>>> I'm sure that people would buy these tapes, but the problem is that I
>>> don't have any production equipment. Is there a way that I can still
>>> make money from the tape library? Thanks.
>>
>> Does he own the copyright or just has the tapes?
>>
> He was the owner of the show, so I guess that would mean that he owns the
> copyright, correct?
"owner of the show" doesn't really mean anything definitive.
Either he holds the legal copyright ("right to copy") or he doesn't.
Furthermore there may also be contractual agreements with
others (like the actors or even the sponsors of older TV shows)
for a portion of any money made off the show ("residuals", etc.)
>> If he owns the copyright and makes a license agreement with you for
>> mechanical duplication and sales you can have them duplicated or copied
>> to DVD and sell them.
>>
> About how much does it usually for someone to engage in a license
> agreement?
Whatever the market will bear. It ranges between free and
millions of dollars. There is no "about how much".
You REALLY need to contact legal counsel who specializes
in this kind of agreement. This is not an area for amateurs if
any kind of money is involved. Never take legal advice from
strangers on the internet.
If this is a show that used to be on commercial TV and it is
young enough to have been produced on videotape, you might
contact TVland or one of those satellite channels that runs old
TV shows. If you got some air time there, a release of a DVD
set would be even more profitable.
This assumes that "tapes of the show" means the masters or
professional release copies and not just something somebody
recorded off the air.
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