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  • Advice Needed on Clip Licensing Fee for Discovery Channel

    Posted by Travis Kent on August 7, 2014 at 7:20 am

    A person from Discovery Channel contacted me about licensing one of my clips from youtube. She wants to know rate and restrictions. Any advice?

    Mark Suszko replied 12 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Mark Suszko

    August 7, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–hMJPUBwMc

    OK, that may be a *tad* harsh.

    Look around at stock footage sites for something similar, that will give you a ballpark value. If your footage is unique in some way that makes it un-repeatable, then the value goes up considerably.

    If the footage is on yt and you’re already monetizing it from there, then make sure the D Channel’s contract lets you keep doing that, and only limits you selling it to another broadcast outlet. Also make sure the contract has a “sunset date” after which all rights revert back to you.

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