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I never thought that simply stating my intellectual property rights would create such turmoil.
The fact that this is an occupation for me and not a hobby should be considered. I’m also in the business of doing seminars for a fee and I don’t want large fishing clubs around the country playing my DVD to 50 or 100 members as apposed to having a guest speaker. It’s not fair to me and it’s not even fair to other talented outdoor writers and speakers that might lose an opportunity for a show.
Some folks argue that a public viewing is advertisement, but I don’t feel that it’s good advertisement…if you’re trying to sell milk, why give away the cow? Movie trailers are 30 to 60 seconds, not 30, 60 or 90 minutes.
I’ve supported S-B.com in the past with two video presentations at the annual winter get together and I’ve offered to do the same this year. If the event goes off on March 3 when I’m doing a show in NY than I’ll be happy to provide a DVD with loads of footage, in fact I’ll offer 90 minutesof content from some of the more popular shows I’ve done in the past, coupled with new material from this years show.
If anyone has seen SGW you might have noticed that I advertise this site as a great place to visit…because it’s so friendly.
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