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Originally Posted by dcortez
It's all about relationship building. Those who foster good faith, don't require as much 'paperwork' - I've done 'handshake deals' involving tens of thousands of dollars at a time (no paperwork) and they all worked out well.
Unfortunately, as evidenced by many of the threads here, there is a full mix of participants and a significant part of that player group leans more to tricks and going for the 'fast buck' approach (and screaming bloody murder for the most trivial resolvable issues) - many are reluctant to even discuss their business in person (they stick to email only).
It's these elements plus the fraud from countries with statistically bad reputations (I empathize with the exceptions in those places) that make it more important to establish long-term mutually beneficial relationships.
Baby-steps at first, and progressing from there at a mutually comfortable pace. When a deal stops feeling like a 'Mexican standoff', you know you have reached a better place in your business relationship. The more of those you have, the greater your opportunities will be.
-Dino
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A photography content provider has to have good paperwork. The majority of our content is produced in-house and we are very careful to dot our i's and cross our t's and we expect any content provider we work with to do the same. 2257 is not about having a good handshake relationship with your talent. Many of my models are good friends of mine, but I still keep their paperwork on file. It is a basic requirement of doing business in this industry.
We've run membership sites since 1999 and I've never seen a lifetime password put in a license agreement by a content provider before.