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Posted by Bill Farnsworth on 08/10/06 19:54
<ramzi@rcomp.com> wrote in message
news:1155235216.875930.263210@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Larry in AZ wrote:
>>
>> That may be true, but you are looking for generic videos to be
>> submitted
>> BEFORE the ad copy is written.
>>
>> How is that supposed to work..?
>>
>
> OK, let's go with an example. A used cars website makes a request
> for
> a video ad. ByteCaster posts the request as a competition. When
> the
> competition ends, and there are 10 submissions, we show the client
> the
> videos, he picks one and pays for it, and we pay the winner. The
> winner gives us the rights to the video, we customize it for the
> client
> (adding their logo and URL), and hand it over to the client.
>
> Now there are 9 videos left. With the permission of the owners of
> those videos, we will go around to other used cars websites, and try
> to
> sell them those videos. Each video that is bought will be
> customized
> similar to the above video.
>
> In the meantime, the video makers may have other videos they think
> are
> good business videos that are worthwhile. For example, you may have
> a
> video shoot of a couple having a romantic dinner on the beach. So
> you
> submit it to ByteCaster as part of your video profile. Someone at
> ByteCaster will review your video and decide that it may be a good
> advertisement for a romantic vacation package, or maybe for a dating
> website. So he/she will try to sell the video to travel or dating
> websites. If a website thinks it is interesting and wants to
> purchase
> it, then it is customized and sold, and you get paid the price you
> asked for it. The price at which the video is sold to the client
> will
> be higher than your asking price to cover the cost of customization
> and
> guarantee us a profit.
>
> I hope that explains it a bit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ramzi Baroody
>
So, you are asking for finished spec spots where the producer /
production company foots all the expenses. IE: Crew cost location
fees, talent fees (oh THAT could open a whole new can of worms with
reps, markets and buy outs) THEN, send that unprotected work to you so
you can shop it around to .........who knows where............ where
bits and pieces can possibly be copied and used without the producer's
knowledge and before the producer actually sees a return on his or her
investment. And as we all know, a finished spot can range from just
the cost of the tape to thousands of dollars.
In addition to finished spots, you are also asking for producers /
production companies and individuals to either open up their stock
footage libraries to you for free or help you build one of your own
without you actually paying for it.
Why don't you (as a company) step up and just buy the spots or footage
that you see as having good investment potential directly from the
producers / production companies / or individuals with the
understanding that you own the copyright or have a licensing agreement
imbedded in the payment?
If you want to start a business, please step up to the plate and use
you own capitol, not our property.
Regards,
Bill Farnsworth
www.billfarnsworthvideo.com
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