DVD Sales

[David Roth weiss]

[Ron Lindeboom] “the numbers have changed recently. Today, it is possible to get replicated discs in quantities of 300”

Yes, that’s true, but the rate they charge for a run of 300 is often so close to rate for 1000 that its doesn’t seem quite worth it. On the other hand, if you’ve ever had to store 1,000 DVDs in their full packaging, its a bigger deal than you’d think.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Ron Lindeboom]

I have done business with discmakers.com (as well as CRT in North Carolina) and they have always been incredible strict about rights clearances. I have always bitched that they are so strict that I can’t even have my account set up to where I can have an assistant work with my account even if I pay for it. As the responsible party, I have to hold the bag all the way through the process, so that there is no one else to shuffle blame to should a clearance issue ever arise. (Not that I’d ever do that but you get the point.)

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[Jason Mechelke]

Thanks David and all that responded. As always, I learned more valuable information from the “herd”.

Jason

[Steve Wargo]

We did this for 10 years for a local Ice Skating organization. they actually had an ASCAP-BMI license for skate competitions.

You never said how much you were charging for the dupes.

When we do small dupe runs, we charge $3.50 a printed, burned disc in a thin clear jewel case. That is the price we discovered was the difference between them doing it and us doing it. Subtracting cost of goods sold, we make $2 a disc. So, it doesn’t pay until we a hundred or so and even then, it has to be one of my lower level employees.

Steve Wargo
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[David Roth weiss]

[Steve Wargo] “we charge $3.50 a printed, burned disc in a thin clear jewel case.”

Steve,

That’s too low! The major dub house nearby charges $7.50, so I charge $6.50. Still a bargain for the client, but lucrative for me. I better not find out you’re producing their DVDs next week…

David

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Randall Raymond]

[Steve Wargo] “We did this for 10 years for a local Ice Skating organization. they actually had an ASCAP-BMI license for skate competitions.”

That license counts for the rink audience, not the DVDs.

[Kerry Brown]

As a sidebar how many of you are aware that a MPEG LA license fee is supposed to be paid for
each duplicated or replicated DVD?

KB

[Herb Sevush]

Kerry –

So in the case of Jason’s 40 disk order he would owe 80 cents. I’m sure MPEG LA will be running after him to collect. If you are selling enough DVD’s for the license fee to matter, then you are dealing with a duplicator who is already paying the license fee. This is really a non issue.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Kerry Brown]

Not so, there are duplicators that don’t even know about MPEG LA. This falls into the realm of copyright issues. ” If it’s only a few it doesn’t matter?”

KB

[Herb Sevush]

Kerry –

My understanding is that if the duplicator doesn’t know, or is failing to pay anyway, it’s their problem, not yours. And yes, if it’s only a few it doesn’t matter. If the fee involved is less than the cost of the postage for the letter requesting the fee, it’s too small to be collectible — and then what’s the issue?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions