John Baumchen
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SONY should have a list of authorized service centers closest to you for your camera. Your insurance may cover the repairs or replacement minus the deduction.
Cheers.
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Unless your agreement with the client SPECIFICALLY states that the job is a “Work For Hire”, then you as the videographer own all copyrights to the tapes, (or negatives if you are a photographer). The client only gets the final product, finished video or prints. They do not own anything else.
Absent any specific language in the contract stating who owns the material, it is the person who creates the work that owns the rights, i.e., the videographer/photographer.
If you are employed by a company full time to do video work, then the company will most likely own the footage unless there is an employment contract in place that says otherwise.
I find it amazing that people on these forums who are professionals don’t know the laws that have a significant impact on their business and potential for profitability.
I would suggest that if you have any questions regarding copyright laws, to check out the link below. It’s your lively hood and you should be aware of your rights.
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf
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Whatever happened to the concept of ‘Private Property’ in the USA?
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Paypal is the easiest and least expensive option for processing credit cards.
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We edit in PremierePro CS3. It allow us export the timeline/work area as a PDF for comments in an Adobe Clip Notes PDF. This embeds the video,(in a QT or WMV format), into a PDF file for emailing where the client can open the PDF, view the video, pause where desired and enter comments in a special window. After they’ve finished, the informaion is saved in an XML file that they email back to us.
We import the XML back into the Premiere project and it will put markers up on the timeline where the client paused. When clicked, a window opens with the clients comments. Smooth or what?
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If the general public bought solely on price, they would all be driving Neons and eating at McDonalds.
The problem is that most Americans do buy on price. Why do you think WalMart has been such a huge success. As for Neons, if the economy doesn’t get better, that could become the new reality.
Yeah baby, keep that cheap Chineese stuff coming!
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Putting proprietory information on a web site!?? Just how long do they expect to keep their secrets?
Sounds to me like the client should have a non-disclosure agreement with their dealers. Putting a copyright notice on a video does not mean that competitors can’t see it, they just can’t copy it. Putting something on a web site is giving it to the world.
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“Naturally, we could not use that footage for other purposes, ”
If you own the copyright, you can use the footage in other projects. You can even sell the footage to their competitor if it came about, kiss the original client good bye though. I would think the only limiting factors would be how the model release is worded if you had talent on screen.
I used to use a model release that essentially gave me unlimited use. Mind you, I wasn’t using union actors either.
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I am so looking forward to the new CS4. Lots and lots of new goodies in the Master collection.