Mark Rozitis
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“My editor won’t budge. He said we could use the vids for free if we waited until you published them elsewhere, which is true I guess but pretty tacky.”
Sorry, they could use your vids for free is published elsewhere? They do that here in Canada all the time, it’s called stealing. Our national broadcaster did it to be a few times this year alone.
The media have total disrespect for the artists (workers) as if our work was worth nothing, no other industry I can think of works like this, low pay, no pay. Any other trade? you pay the rates for services and materials and it is the contractor that sets the price, same like gas at gas stations, merchandise in stores. Here? the customer/media tell us what they are gonna pay us? Time to END that practice.
On the subject of taking vids for free….this case popped up in the news recently.
https://torrentfreak.com/cnn-cbc-sued-for-pirating-31-second-youtube-video-150813/
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Hi,
Noticed similar slowness in stock footage starting this spring and in the forums on a couple of sites just about everyone was complaining that sales simply stopped, many still are, started about mid-April for many and mid-May for me, like falling off a cliff basically. Jives with what you are saying, if producers are slow there is less need for stock footage. What I don’t know is why this is happening, the economy, shift in trends, what? people simply doing with less or without? cutting costs?.
In the forums everyone was blaming Google algorithm changes, blaming the stock agencies, you name it but very few asked about the customer? as if the customer was taken for granted.
If I work in building maintenance and we decide to switch to LED lighting, do I still keep ordering boxes on incandescent light bulbs like I have in the past? Probably not.
Something’s up that’s for sure.
M
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Happens in Ontario Canada every day with the TV spot news freelancers, you can sit there watching that pressure gauge for 18 hours a day and you “work” for free until major breaking news happens, it is illegal in Ontario but if you don’t like it you can leave now, need more government enforcement of the rules. They are breaking all the rules and getting free labour.
The other thing I’d like to add is this, get everything in writing and signed off on by both parties, a simple easy to read contract covering all the bases is a must or good luck in court later if things don’t work out.
Sorry, it’s business…..I learned the hard way.