Nae Williams
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WOw, such wonderful advice and i thank you all for it.
now when i asked for the video (the edited version of the video) raw files aside, the director told me that he wasn’t going to send it over to me until i have a blog premiere it, although he is not apart of my hired creative team. I’ve hired an online PR to premiere the video, but after 5k almost 6k, am now being told I can’t even have a download link to the video? This can’t be legal? I would never and have never agreed to such terms with him. It seems to be a power struggle with him. I paid almost 6k and walked away with nothing. This seems the time to get an attorney involved?
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Also, I might add, I ended up paying over 6k, which is obviously over the agreen on 4800k, which was not a problem for me, I paid it, so that also isn’t the issue.
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Hi Mark, thank you for your response and advice. I really appreciate it.
He didn’t come back with a different figure that he agreed on, which he agreed on in writing. He agreed on the 4800k. The issue isn’t the number agreed on, it’s that neither of us spelled out in plain black and white, what the 4800k would entail. It wasn’t even ever discussed.
That’s good to know he cannot use the footage of me without permission. So thank you for that.
Also, again, in writing, he agreed there would be an outside party editing the video, and that didn’t happen, even when I asked to pay for it. So the issue still remains, who owns the raw data.
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Hi Ned and thank you for your response! 🙂
Well I certainly wouldn’t fight for the files without an attorney at this point. Also thank you on your offer of the work for hire clause, means a lot!
Per the budget, I had offered to pay an outside editor, he said no, I asked if we could shoot in one day instead of two, he said no. At the end of the day, he agreed on the 4800k, and so we went forward with it, no qualms until after the shoot was done. So this isn’t an argument over the number agreed on, because he agreed on it.
The issue is, nothing was in writing with what that 4800k would cover.
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Hi there Todd! Thank you so much for your well written response. I am in the United States, Los Angeles to be exact. You do have my word I will not be making the same mistakes twice. You are correct, I should’ve worded that a little bit differently. We do and did have a verbal agreement on what was to be done but there was never any mention or talk of who owns the raw files. I assumed since I paid for everything that went without saying, only to be disappointed when he stated he wasn’t paid enough to hand those over. I do have it in writing though where he states he would have an outside party edit the video only to be told after he received payment, a month after to be exact, that he would have to do it his self with no option of me hiring an outside party. When I told him I would hire an outside party to edit it, he then told me he doesn’t allow anyone in his “mix.” He is quibbling over such small amounts, he still comments on how he would’ve liked more money although he agreed on 4800k… And the video has already been finished. I do have a very reputable entertainment lawyer that I’m going to be speaking with on Monday, but it’s always nice to get the advice of such creative people like yourself who deal with things like this on a day to day. So thank you again