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I have an outfit that makes cable animal documentaries wanting to license a video I posted to Youtube. They have sent me a contract specifying "non-exclusive right in perpetuity to broadcast all or part of the material in connection with the production, exploitation, promotion and/or advertising of the program throughout the world for the entire period of copyright in the material and all extensions and renewals thereof by all means and in all media". They are offering $100 if they use it, $1 if they take it and don't use it. Footage is from a Flip HD. A photographer friend recommended I give them "non-exclusive one time rights". $100 seems cheap for what they are asking for, rights-wise. I looked up some nature stock footage and $700 was what about what it cost to get a minute or so for a commercial program. Right now they're saying $100 is their budget limit, but this is an outfit that makes shows that are very well known and the channel is owned by one of the big boys. So my heart doesn't exactly bleed for them, financially. Any advice? The sums here don't seem to merit getting a real lawyer involved, so I'm a bit stumped as to the next step.
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Thank you all for this input, it's super helpful. It's about a minute of Flip HD video shot at night in my driveway, lit only by my kitchen lights. It's grainy nature footage I lucked into, not anything I did creatively. The $500 offer/take $300 scenario would be fine with me. Do they scour youtube? Absolutely. The archivist contacted me on twitter, and there were several other folks in his feed with similar videos and requests.
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