Posted by Steve Guidry on 06/07/06 14:01

> I had an interesting experience with one of the first couples I taped
> an instructional dance video with. We were doing this as a joint
> project, I contributed the production talent and they the dance
> instruction talents. We were to both sell the tape - they bought their
> copies from me at a very cheap price and I paid them a royalty on
> everyone I sold through my marketing. During one our breaks the couple
> went outside for a break, leaving the mics on. Their conversation went
> something like, "Well I know Bob is a nice guy but do you think he
> will really give us a fair accounting on what he sells".


> I informed them when they came back in that the best way to keep from
> getting screwed was to NOT enter into joint ventures with people they
> don't basically trust to begin with. It was fun to watch the back
> peddling once they figured out I had heard their conversation.

That's being a little hard on them, Bob. After all, it's a legitimate
question. You probably pondered the flip side : "How do I know that they
won't take one copy and make dozens on their own and cut me out of the
duplication revenue?"




That

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