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Sounds pretty normal to me
Steve Wargo
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When you see the rack of old tv shows in the checkout line, this is the group that comes from the vault.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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I stopped the post production of a feature film in 2002, under the very same circumstances and it is still sitting “in the can” waiting for finish edit. I threatened the post house with ” complicity” and halted work after a brief phone call to the attorney.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Bzrights.com
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Most of those old TV shows are in a vault at UCLA. They are in the public domain and footage is available for a copying charge.
I do not have contact info but it doesn’t take much to find out who to call in the archive department.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Bill is 100% correct. YOU own the copyright to the footage but it’s a useless copyright because you cannot use any of it without the permission of everyone involved.
No attorney will take his case unless he pays them to do so because there is zero chance that they will collect.
If he didn’t purchase the tape stock, he doesn’t own crap.
I was part of a huge intellectual property lawsuit (a witness) a few years ago here in Phoenix and the purchaser of the tapes is the owner of the tapes unless there is a contract contrary to that.
Give the tapes to your attorney and give the guy your attorney’s phone number.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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If you think that’s bad, just wait till your parents get old and expect you to take them in and then spend 24/7 taking care of their every need, including changing their diapers and wiping….
My wife deals in elder housing and she sees this every day.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Greg
Ever heard of the following:
Quad
1″
1/2″ reel to reel
U-Matic
ED Beta
S-VHS
8mm
Digital 8
Batacam
Betacam SP
M-II
Nuvicon
Plumbicon
Saticon
Composite cables
3.58
Analog
DigiBeta
Digital S
RS-422
RS-232
Ampex
Vector Scope
Waveform moniter
Abacus
ChyronWell???
I didn’t think so.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Offer him this: Send your rep over and I’ll give you 30 minutes to review the tapes and give him the originals AFTER he signs that the tapes are in good shape. Shoot the transaction with a discrete camera in the corner, advising him that you’re doing so.
Why drag this out and why keep anything to do with the project?
Interesting story – I did a job for a client in 2007 and they called yesterday asking for footage to make a new TV spot, in-house. I looked their records up and they requested the original footage to store because they didn’t trust any “outsiders” with their precious footage. I can understand that and have recommended against it as we have never lost anything and I have library tapes going back to 1983.
It seems at though the former manager left the company and the tapes are nowhere to be found. I did get $40 for a Quicktime of their finished 8 minute production that was still sitting in a folder on one of the edit machines.
I have one client that moved their entire operation to Texas. I asked if they wanted their library and they said “Hell no. We’ll just lose that for sure”.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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I did miss that. So why not send him all of the materials and kiss the project and the client goodby. Why keep the tapes? But, have the client sign a “as is” acceptance form?
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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