Dody's idea for AIESEC gaining mass distribution rights is almost reality. The day after this man's brilliant commenting, Adam and I sat down and busted out an email to the makers of the film. And here's their response:
I just finished reading your email and I am now staring at the
screen not knowing what to write because I am so excited about
what I just read. Wow... AIESEC is an incredible organization and
I am so stoked that you have a desire to help the children of
northern Uganda. And not only do you want to help the children of
northern Uganda, but you want to do it through helping show
Invisible Children. That is so great.
As far as your basic idea... I think something like that can totally work out. How many DVD's are you thinking of trying to distribute? And I don't really know what we would "negotiate" to give you non-exclusive distribution rights, because offer anyone the right to watch and spread the film as they so please. However, I guess because this is on such a larger scale we might have to draw up some sort of legal agreement. So, I would love to talk with you about this over the phone, I will give you a call tomorrow during the day sometime, or you can call me anytime
Awesome.
More updates to come.
6 comments:
See about getting a law prof to write the agreement pro-bono for you. Or tell Andrew to call Nat Staff, they have lawyers, maybe they'll do a tiny bit of work on the side for a good cause.
Good.
There is no need for complicated legal agreement. A simple contract from them as a copyright holder to grant AIESEC for unlimited distribution, display and re-duplication of their film's DVD will suffice.
but do run it with lawyers :)
Interesting turn of events...international law guest lecturer in my IB 200 class today...talking about copyrights and intellectual property laws. A little sweet talkin and an email or two should get this lady on my good side.
I'll work on getting some professor's here for advice as well, for those of you that know Hot Rod Matthews, he's the prime target.
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