[Ron Lindeboom]

[Arnie Schlissel] “I’m getting my insurance through the Freelancer’s Union. They only offer insurance in a few states, though.”

Yes, but in all of the research that we have done, we were unable to find a single claimant whose claims were paid satisfactorily to the member’s expectation. In all of the ones that we spoke to, there were unresolved issues, unsettled claims, delays in processing and other issues.

Have you been successful in getting them to respond to you and pay your claims?

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

[Ron Lindeboom]

Del,

Keep in mind that it is rare when a happy customer will post, whereas the preponderance of posts can skew the perception about a company because the unhappy people almost always post.

I know people that hate the NASE and I know people that swear by them. As in most things in life, the truth is usually a mixture of the two extremes.

Best,

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

Yeah, but I wanted to do a commercial for the Services Offered section, since (as you mentioned) you are not listed there, just as Nick and some of the others aren’t either. (Hint, hint.)

:o)

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

Hi Todd,

You can go to the Services Offered section of the COW and scroll to the map area — or do a Las Vegas search — and it will show you the companies in the Las Vegas area.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

[Ron Lindeboom]

[Tim Kolb] “What you are suggesting is simply illegal. This conversation and all of its variations get tiring… It’s illegal. You’re in the content business…why is it that you’re so willing to rip off someone else in the content business?”

Here, here, Tim. Nicely stated, to the point and spot on.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

[Ron Lindeboom]

Personally, I have gotten so spoiled with so much of the good color grading being done on shows and movies today, that when I see a show that is broadcasting the straight from the can shots, it looks unfinished to me.

There is a visual polish that color grading often (not always) brings to a project.

I have also seen a lot of over-blown grading but when it’s done right, I’ll take it anytime over the natural image.

But hey, that’s just me.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

[Ron Lindeboom]

[Todd Terry] “Not to get all “holier than thou,” but I find the “It’s only wrong if you get caught” attitude a bit unsettling. All of us in here have produced video which we own and retain exclusive rights to. How would you feel if you discovered after-the-fact that the footage that you owned, restricted, and made your living from cropped up somewhere in some yahoo’s project that you’ve never even heard of and without your permission to use it? Not good, I bet. I sure wouldn’t.”

Since Tood is ill at ease about getting all holier than thou, I’ll say it clear and simple: anyone who creates any kind of content for a living (or even for fun) and doesn’t respect intellectual property rights, is an IDIOT — one whom I hope will quickly get their stuff stolen so they get a little relativity.

Now where’s my coffee???

A precaffeinated and thereby cranky,

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

[Craig Seeman] “You are the producer and a client asks you to use music that’s not cleared. Who has the legal responsibility in this situation? Are both the above legally the same? How is legal responsibility established?”

Both, but especially the one with the deepest pockets. The one with shallow pockets is mere cannon fodder that will be dispensed with with merely a volley or two.

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

Mike,

Rail all you want. You had your say. You said what you wanted to. You said it more than once. No one censored you.

What WAS censored is the pathetic whining and repetitious ongoing brain-numbing echoes that you seem to want to keep trying to post over and over.

If that is what you want, go somewhere else, we gave you your say and it’s time to move on.

Read our policy statement. This ain’t Creative Bitchfest.

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

[Jeremy Garchow] “A Ha! Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Yes, Jeremy, that is true but it also goes without saying that “Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a night. But set him on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”

;-P

Sorry…I couldn’t pass that one up, man.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry