Don't let your work go for a pittance John. This guy is simply trying to
manipulate YOUR recordings. I would charge a minimum of $500 per minute and
$300 every other minute after that.
You are most welcome to use some of my wordings on my copyright pages but
don't sell your hard work off cheaply..
Still under drugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hic!
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. Washington. USA
N47.65543 W121.98428
e-mail:
Tel: 425-898-0462
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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From:
On Behalf Of John Hartog
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:04 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] permissions for film ambiances
I'm looking for some help understanding standard practices regarding
permissions, contracts, and fees for use of nature recordings for film
ambiances.
I recently received an email asking:
"Your recordings are great! I think I would like to order some. I
would like to use it for my job, which means for film-ambiences. (no
re-selling, of course). Problems with this?"
To which I replied something like:
"Any use beyond personal listening will require special permissions
that may or may not require a fee depending on the scope of the
specific project."
To which they replied back:
"A permission for a single project is not helpful for me. I would like
to add the records to my personal sound library and therefore need the
permission to use it in any film, I will work on. By the way, that's
how commercial sound libraries e.g. "Sound Ideas" handle it: You buy
the CDs and you get the permission to use it in any synchronized project."
I'm curious how others would handle a similar situation - especially
knowing many on this list, besides being nature sound recordists, also
work in music and film.
John Hartog
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