clickbank vendor question

by paulwa
5 replies
Hi couple of questions from newbie

1. To get Clickbank approval for a micro continuity product (3 mths) drip fed do you have to have ALL the material completed when clickbank review it or can you show them the first month and open sales with that, whilst you create the rest of the lessons (of course always supplying new content ahead of your first member as they go through the course)

2. I can see you need to provide 100% your own material (to avoid copyright issues) but If you need to illustrate points can you have embedded You Tube videos (not you own) below your content to illustrate your points. This would fall under 'fair dealing' I think (i.e its' ok to use in the context of reviewing it)
#clickbank #question #vendor #vendors
  • Profile picture of the author RentItNow
    They are pretty picky right now but I would send a quick email to their tech support to find out.
    Signature
    I have no agenda but to help those in the same situation. This I feel will pay the bills.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2622097].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author paulwa
    thanks did so but no reply as yet

    hoping to find someone who has had the same issue.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2622148].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author activetrader
    You are trying to refer to a term in copyright law 'fair use' NOT 'fair dealing'.

    This is not relevant. Youtube allows embedding. If the copyright holder does not want embedding they can disable it. By allowing embedding they have agreed to Youtube TOS and this is between them and Youtube.

    As long as embedding is allowed you should have no problem whatsoever.
    Signature

    Me

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2622356].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author PanzerBanana
      I glanced over the ToS. Youtube doesn't say anything about content that can be embeded to transfer any sort of right to those embeding it.

      Youtube only covers their own kiester in that regard. By the standard "in using this service you grant a non-exclusive-royalty-free-sub liceable-yadda-yadda". Which protects them should any of your content be used in anything they do as part of their business.

      In fact, the vast majority of content on Youtube is ironically against their ToS. It all depends whether or not the copyright holders wish the content to be removed.

      Just because it's on Youtube doesn't mean you're free and clear to use it, especially if you're using it a commercial product.

      Fair Use is not 100% protection from potential infringement. Especially in commercial ventures. It's largely for educational, critical, news reporting, etc.
      Things where you're not making a direct profit from the work containing the material in question.

      Even as examples in your product, you're still using someone else's work to illustrate your points.

      You can't simply claim "Fair Use" it is a rather complicated matter. They look at the nature of your work, the nature of the material in question, how much of it you use, and how it affects any market value and right to profit of the owner of the material.

      If you're using another's work in anything like this, You need to contact them seeking permission or license to use their work.

      Did you know the music you hear in stores and restaurants has to be licensed for public use? Even if it's through a radio service, which also has to license the music. Most places pay blanket licensing fees to cover "public performances".

      The only way to totally be free and clear with your products and productions and avoid infringement issues and bypass licensing is to produce ALL content yourself right down to any generic background music you may use.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2622762].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author paulwa
        @activetrader

        being from UK (and working in TV) we use the phrase "Fair Dealing" as well as "Fair Use"

        Its' an interesting point though. My use would be critiquing the videos sp think it would be ok..

        The only difference with a blog that embeds to illustrate and a product is there is payment. But now with paywalls I imagine newspapers who charge still embed youtube videos.
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[2622810].message }}

Trending Topics