Nikki Jones
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Danilo,
I’m with Video Blocks, and hopefully I can provide a relatively unbiased response to your concerns!
The reason that you don’t see any information on VideoBlocks.com about how we pay contributors is because we do not accept third party submissions like Pond5/Revo and other marketplaces.
Because of our subscription model and the free trial that we offer, it would be unfair to accept submissions and then give away contributor’s material. Instead, we get our content in one of three ways:
1) We create it in-house (we have a studio in Washington DC and some fun equipment like the Vision Research Phantom, and we have on-staff videographers who travel the world)
2) We pay on a work-for-hire basis to have original content created (example: The aerial video of New York City that we have on VideoBlocks.com: We paid $10,000 to rent a Jetranger helicopter, outfit it with 20lbs of giros and a Varicam and shoot for 2 hours)
3) Or we occasionally purchase non-exclusive rights to existing material and then pay a large sum up front to the contributors.
When we do purchase third party clips, we typically pay lump sums in the ballpark of $10,000 and upwards for batches of clips. We pay it immediately before distributing any material. Because it is a non-exclusive purchase, we also encourage contributors to continue selling their clips on Pond5/Revo/Shutterstock, etc. This way the contributors make money, we get great material, and our Video Blocks members have access to high quality clips.
We do not work with very many third party contributors, but when we do we try to make it a great experience up front, and develop an ongoing relationship. In 2012 alone we paid our small group of contributors over $600,000.
Does this make sense?
– Nikki
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Nikki Jones
VideoBlocks.com
11160-C1 South Lakes Dr.
Suite 262
Reston, VA 20191
(P) (866) 282-5360
https://www.videoblocks.comVideo Blocks is a 2012 Inc. 500 Honoree
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Thank you for the comments, Tim! We are indeed growing our library each day, adding thousands of clips each month. And I’m excited to say that Video Blocks will soon be adding 40,000k new clips in a series of large batches, which will take videoblocks.com over the 100,000 clip mark. However, we are not just stuffing in content for the sake of increasing quantity–it is all closely vetted and what we believe to be fantastic video and audio.
Happy New Year!
– Nikki
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Nikki Jones
VideoBlocks.com
11160-C1 South Lakes Dr.
Suite 262
Reston, VA 20191
(P) (866) 282-5360
https://www.videoblocks.comVideo Blocks is a 2012 Inc. 500 Honoree
Ranked #4 Fastest Growing Media Company -
Bryan,
The use you describe is perfectly acceptable: If you download clips from VideoBlocks.com, you can use them in a project and then sell that completed project to a new owner, and there will be no issues.
We are very liberal with our licensing (because we are also video editors and hate overly confusing restrictions), and really the only thing we don’t allow is reselling or redistributing clips from Video Blocks as stock media. But as long as they are incorporated into a project of some kind, there are no issues.
As for the duration of the 7 day free trial, we are actually lenient and bill on the morning of the 8th day to make sure everyone gets at least a full 7 days to try and cancel if they want. So if you sign up on Monday at noon, then the following Tuesday (day 8) at 1am you will be billed.
That said, if you forget to cancel and don’t think the clips you downloaded were worth $79, then we don’t want you to feel stuck with the bill and will happily issue a refund. Just let us know!
Let me know if you have any more questions.
– Nikki
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Nikki Jones
VideoBlocks.com
11160-C1 South Lakes Dr.
Suite 262
Reston, VA 20191
(P) (866) 282-5360
https://www.videoblocks.comVideo Blocks is a 2012 Inc. 500 Honoree
Ranked #4 Fastest Growing Media Company -
Bryan,
I work for Video Blocks, and the answer to your question is: Yes! You can absolutely use the clips you download in ALL types of projects, including commercial use. Even if you create a free trial, download clips, and then cancel your account without ever paying anything, you can STILL use the clips. There are never any additional fees.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions, and thanks for your interest in Video Blocks!
– Nikki