Video gone viral, gave license to lad bible so not sure

sexmag · 25-08-2018 12:32AM #1

Hi,

I posted a video on reddit that went viral pretty quick, still get notifications. Lad bible contacted me among other agencies to license it,I'm not a dope so know well to read the Ts and Cs and how times important.

The video is great and real wholesome and really mainstream, they said they will use it and pitch it to other partners and networks however I'm unsure where to go from here.

It's only been 10 hours but in online world that's a lifetime. How do I know if they are really trying to promote it,they've put it on their FB and that's it,is it possible they would make me sign an agreement for rights and say theyll sell and then not sell it,

Has anyone done this with them before?

Thanks

New Home · 25-08-2018 12:55PM

I'd say your best option would be to contact a solicitor.

New Home · 25-08-2018 01:55PM

MOD NOTE: I'm going to move this to the Legal Discussion forum, someone there might be able to point you in the right direction. Please note that the Legal Discussion charter applies.

nuac · 25-08-2018 06:48PM

Mod
See your solicitor as we cannot give legal advice on this forum
Leaving open for general discussion
What does "lad bible" mean?

Mrs OBumble · 25-08-2018 06:55PM

nuac wrote: »

Mod
See your solicitor as we cannot give legal advice on this forum
Leaving open for general discussion
What does "lad bible" mean?

http://www.ladbible.com/

sexmag · 25-08-2018 07:12PM

I'm not asking for legal advice.

I posted it on the cool pics and video forum to see if anyone had a video go viral with lad bible before and how it went.

I've emailed them but they haven't come back to me yet

randomrb · 27-08-2018 08:56AM

sexmag wrote: »

I'm not asking for legal advice.

I posted it on the cool pics and video forum to see if anyone had a video go viral with lad bible before and how it went.

I've emailed them but they haven't come back to me yet

Have they offered you some kind of money? pay per click or something if not what the issue?

sexmag · 27-08-2018 09:01AM

randomrb wrote: »

Have they offered you some kind of money? pay per click or something if not what the issue?

Yes a revenue share split between us, didn't say pay per click but how the proposed it was they would license it to people,pitch it to shows etc

randomrb · 27-08-2018 09:03AM

sexmag wrote: »

Yes a revenue share split between us, didn't say pay per click but how the proposed it was they would license it to people,pitch it to shows etc

Is there was some kind of contract they have for it that you had to agree to?

billybonkers · 27-08-2018 09:06AM

sexmag wrote: »

Yes a revenue share split between us, didn't say pay per click but how the proposed it was they would license it to people,pitch it to shows etc

LadBibile make a lot of money doing this exact thing. I would be vary weary about how much they will actually promote it for you rather than use it themselves. If it is already on their page surely you have given them permission?

tedpan · 27-08-2018 09:08AM

sexmag wrote:

I posted it on the cool pics and video forum to see if anyone had a video go viral with lad bible before and how it went.

Can you link the video please!

sexmag · 27-08-2018 09:48AM

randomrb wrote: »

Is there was some kind of contract they have for it that you had to agree to?

Yes there was a contract signed and was pretty straight forward, nothing really hidden that would screw me over.

They want to make money so surely they will actively promote it?

sexmag · 27-08-2018 09:49AM

billybonkers wrote: »

LadBibile make a lot of money doing this exact thing. I would be vary weary about how much they will actually promote it for you rather than use it themselves. If it is already on their page surely you have given them permission?

Yes I gave permission and like I said surely they want to benifit from it so will actively promote it?

randomrb · 27-08-2018 09:50AM

sexmag wrote: »

Yes there was a contract signed and was pretty straight forward, nothing really hidden that would screw me over.

They want to make money so surely they will actively promote it?

Of course they will but you have signed the contract so there is not much you can do if they don't.

Promotion is a very difficult thing to deal with in a contract, technically if they email that to a few of their partners thats probably sufficient but you can't force them to phone them and really sell it or go the extra mile

coylemj · 27-08-2018 10:30AM

sexmag wrote: »

Yes I gave permission and like I said surely they want to benifit from it so will actively promote it?

They will post it on their FB page in the hope that lots of their followers will click on 'share', thereby drawing more users to their FB page and increasing their ad revenue.

Your interpretation of their suggestion that they will 'actively promote it' seems to be that they will help you harvest royalty payments from other websites. It sounds to me like a carrot to deceive you into giving them free use of the video on a false promise. As soon as they get hold of another video to use as clickbait, yours will be history.

beertons · 27-08-2018 10:40AM

Link to the video?

duckmusic · 27-08-2018 11:24AM

Im guessing its that bin man video with the annoying ""my goodness" every 2 seconds?

nim1bdeh38l2cw · 27-08-2018 11:26AM

LadBible pay £100 per video, I'm not aware of any other arrangement

Akrasia · 27-08-2018 11:29AM

why would they have to pay anyone to share a video on their facebook page?

7aubzxk43m2sni · 27-08-2018 11:30AM

Is it the "Oh my goodness" bin man video?

https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/99vonh/the_bin_men_found_out_their_biggest_fan_watches/

sexmag · 27-08-2018 02:36PM

duckmusic wrote: »

Im guessing its that bin man video with the annoying ""my goodness" every 2 seconds?

Haters gonna hate

sexmag · 27-08-2018 02:38PM

Zachary Creamy Pinkeye wrote: »

LadBible pay £100 per video, I'm not aware of any other arrangement

The do a revenue share of 70/30 to the owners of the video and pitch it too other sites and networks, others have contacted me and when I'd advised of the ladbible having license they said that they(lad bible) had contacted them already about so guess all is good

sexmag · 27-08-2018 02:40PM

Akrasia wrote: »

why would they have to pay anyone to share a video on their facebook page?

Copyright and ownership laws

27-08-2018 09:04PM

Akrasia wrote: »

why would they have to pay anyone to share a video on their facebook page?

sexmag wrote: »

Copyright and ownership laws

They don't have to pay to post a link to a YouTube vid, but they do have to pay if they want to post the video itself on their own page, so they get the benefit of hits.

sexmag · 30-08-2018 09:33AM

Just an update in case people want to know, the lad bible have been in touch and have licensed the video to some shows in germany and australia, so they were working behind the scenes.

Thanks for all your input

tedpan · 30-08-2018 10:20AM

sexmag wrote:

Just an update in case people want to know, the lad bible have been in touch and have licensed the video to some shows in germany and australia, so they were working behind the scenes.

Any word on how much they're paying? Hope it's a good amount!

sexmag · 30-08-2018 10:23AM

tedpan wrote: »

Any word on how much they're paying? Hope it's a good amount!

Im not going into specifics but yes its a very decent amount just for these licenses alone and others will be the same i assume.

All going into the kitty for xmas for the kids:D

....... · 30-08-2018 10:36AM

Good stuff.

Most disappointing aspect for me is that a user called "sexmag" showed us a glimpse of such an ordinary life in a cul de sac.

sexmag · 30-08-2018 10:38AM

....... wrote: »

Good stuff.

Most disappointing aspect for me is that a user called "sexmag" showed us a glimpse of such an ordinary life in a cul de sac.

Im on this site over 10 years, the sexmag days are still with me, just in a different way

....... · 30-08-2018 10:40AM

sexmag wrote: »

Im on this site over 10 years, the sexmag days are still with me, just in a differnt way

Ill imagine a different type of video so

sexmag · 30-08-2018 10:41AM

....... wrote: »

Ill imagine a different type of video so

Nah theres no money in them videos anymore, since camera phones the market is saturated

But anyway im happy, ill keep you posted on if theres any further developments

Video gone viral, gave license to lad bible so not sure

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