Jim Hyde
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Yes but when you have a ticket to financial freedom like this guy (arguably, since he has not taken up wal-marts buyout offer) who cares about business or what anyone thinks of you. Being in his position it seems like a good time to retire.
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I like how you softened the blow of your wording in the original post to me. Nice.
Again as Mark said, the guy had nothing left to lose, I really don’t think he cares about his credibility at this point and nor should he.
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Interesting, well thought out post, Mark.
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Also, for what it’s worth I don’t think this will affect the corporate video world one single bit other than making businesses think – “gee maybe I should get them to sign a contract saying who really owns the footage.”
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All I’m saying is Wal-mart deserves everything it gets, if you’re still listening. I hope it helps the unions and lawyers fight against Wal-Mart. Looks good on ’em.
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If I had wal-mart by the danglies like Flagler does I would squeeze em for all they’re worth too. I’m sure there is another side to the story and yes it’s a dirty move making the videos available but hell Wal-Mart is one the most evil corporations around.
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So what is the proper way to go about cross-border productions?
I had a pretty bad incident a few years back now. I was going down to San Diego to do a corporate shoot. I was bringing a lighting kit and dvx100, I told customs what i was doing and going down for. I was told they can’t let me in with my equipment and blah blah blah stealing american jobs and so on. I tried to go back through customs again saying I was shooting a friends wedding… i get yellow carded and run into the same customs officer – not good. He freaks out on me for lying (being fairly new to the industry and getting immense pressure from my boss that this shoot must go on) In the end I make it down to San Diego after sending my equipment back to the agency in a taxi. I luck out and find a good rental company in the area and get the shoot done.
Anyways I will now permanently have a scar on my record and for the next 4 or 5 times that I have crossed the border I get pulled aside and interrogated for hours and searched for “video equipment”.
Even if you do get all the carnays for getting the equipment across the border do you still need some sort of work permit? I mean it was an american company going to a canadian ad agency to shoot american activities… I’ve since turned down work that involves traveling to the US.
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Interesting, good thing we’ve mostly been steering clear of cover bands just due to the fact that they are unoriginal.
So would just playing in a cover band alone be considered an illegal act if not cleared by the original artists?
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So what if I had shot a cover band and made a website with them on it. The video shoot and edit was free and would be posted almost in it’s entirety. Would there be legal repercussions there? Web ads might be in the works too, would that matter?
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You’re close, Steve. It’s a little bit higher, not counting benefits and overtime.