I own got milkshake.com (reg's Creation date: 23 Dec 2006 01:52:45) and like to complement the sites with DVD lines.
Tia's husband & I spoke at AVN '07 and they wanted to see how viable the DVD business was.
Here's was what was agreed upon:
You said you had BJ content and I introduced the Got Milkshake concept. You preferred to use POV Auditions & I suggested you can always do that as well with another distributor but I would use my concept. Since you had the content, I'd produce - handle post production & distribute it under the Mr X label.
I Paid for:
Editing
Authoring
Cover Design
Printing
Shipping
Replication
Packaging
total is around $3000 per title
Your content was used for Got Milkshake? and Got Milkshake 2
You were paid at least $3937.53 on initial sales (once again at no production cost)
Then the SHOCKER:
My distributor notifies me that Bryan (Tia's husband) emailed them asking if they can deal directly with them, cutting me out of the picture. So I simply let Bryan know I no longer wish to deal with Tia Ling Productions and give him a few distributors he can contact. I tell him I will keep paying off the sales the 2 DVDs earn.
SHOCKER #2:
Apparently Bryan then attempts to copyright Got Milkshake? (attempt to steal the rights to my line or domain name?) Needless to say the Dairy Farmers of America have an attorney write a letter to Bryan and he then withdraws the copyright registration and points fingers at me & my distributor.
I then receive the letter representing "Got MIlk?" and reluctantly my distributor & I decide to pull the line meaning - No More Sales.
END OF STORY!
& you call me a thief as you:
1. Go behind my back in an attempt to cut a deal with my distributor?
2. Try to register a copyright on "Got Milkshake" after you know I've been using the concept and have a registered domain?
3. You accept my payment but never reimburse me for the production cost after your negligence gets the line pulled?
So I now am sitting on inventory & a tarnished deal from Tia Ling Productions. No compensation nor reimbursement of my production cost have been offered as of yet from Tia Ling Productions. Id be more than happy to send them the masters and the DVD inventory for the same cost I have invested in it $6k.
I have licensed it only once, but if someone offers to license the line from me to offset my cost, it will be considered.
If were ripping off your content I'd have sold it all over the place & used it on my own sites, which isn't the case.
So ball is in your court, you gonna reimburse me or not?
PF
www.mrxproductions.com