Take a video, turn into eBook and sell it

Fazal Mayar

11 years ago

I wouldnt see any problem if all is made by you. I find its an original idea.

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IM Inc 11 years ago

I have noticed that videos generally do better than ebooks.
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- Seemore25101 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by IM Inc
  
  I have noticed that videos generally do better than ebooks.
  
  So should I take the video, totally remake and change it up a bit and rebrand it as me?
  
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  Bonita T Josephson 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Seemore25101
  
  So should I take the video, totally remake and change it up a bit and rebrand it as me?
  
  I think you can. Because I have read a lot of ebooks and watched videos about passive online income, SEO etc. Almost all of them telling us the same thing in the end using different kind of expressions. If they can, why not you?
  
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  IM Inc 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Seemore25101
  
  So should I take the video, totally remake and change it up a bit and rebrand it as me?
  
  Like I said in my earlier post, videos tend to do better than ebooks but you can still write an ebook.
  
  I would say use the inspiration from the video, add your own ideas and create a new product.
  
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conanedo

11 years ago

I'm sure you can give more value, so i think you can create ebook or video from your point of view then you give more value.. that value can from your experience or from another good books

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tosachinbhutani

11 years ago

I think you can convert it into an ebook.. good idea go for it.. I know videos do well as compare to ebooks but still lots of people still prefer go for an ebook..

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Ghoster

11 years ago

Ethically it's not OK. Legally, it's a gray area. Copyright doesn't cover concepts or ideas, so just make sure you write something completely unique.

Be aware that the video could contain trademarked terms. If you lift them and use them in your ebook in the same context, you could be screwed.

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PhilippaWrites

11 years ago

Turning someone else's product directly into a product of your own seems legally and ethically dodgy.

Learn from their product, study some more, and develop your own ideas. Turn *that* into an ebook and you can feel proud that you have developed your own product, not nicked someone else's.

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Hartmann

11 years ago

I agree, just transcribing videos and turning them into an ebook isn't the way to go. Your product will be better if you go through the videos, implement what they say and simply report on what happened (a casestudy). While you are implementing, you will probably find better ways to do things and even new ways to do new things. Add those to your book and you can safely say that the product is your own work.

Originally Posted by PhilippaWrites

Turning someone else's product directly into a product of your own seems legally and ethically dodgy.

Learn from their product, study some more, and develop your own ideas. Turn *that* into an ebook and you can feel proud that you have developed your own product, not nicked someone else's.

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JohnMcCabe

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Bonita T Josephson

I think you can. Because I have read a lot of ebooks and watched videos about passive online income, SEO etc. Almost all of them telling us the same thing in the end using different kind of expressions. If they can, why not you?

I'm afraid your logic is flawed. Lots of people shoplift, but that doesn't make it okay for me to go into the store and start filling my pockets.

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Tim3

11 years ago

Surely your best bet would be to ask the folks who made the video?
I wonder why people always ask here first if it's alright to rip something off?
Could it be they have a conscience?
If in doubt, don't.

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Tsnyder

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Seemore25101

Hi,

I recently bought a product in the network marketing niche and it is great. I now want to turn the video into an eBook branded by me and give it free to my downline, but I also want to sell it.

Is it illegal or wrong to take a video, turn it into an ebook and sell it? Rebranded by me?

I bet your company has great training and sales aids... use them.

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vedremo

Banned 11 years ago

I think it's a grey area as well. I wouldn't do it, unless you contact the original product owner and offer some kind of royalty for the information to re-brand it. The creator might be happy to do so, especially if it's in a different format.

Either that or significantly add to the info with researched insights, a case study and really make it a product that can hold its own. Imagine how your buyers would feel if it wasnt significantly different than a product they've watched or bought elsewhere.

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Alkanphel

11 years ago

I've gone to a lawyer on a similar type of idea or the past and they can still sue you. You're better off rewriting it so it's your own product and then you'll have no problems.

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Claire Koch

11 years ago

hey John rogers has a book up for sale called middle school marketing with PLR that would get you going maybe. It teaches how to write a book for sale that uses video pretty much as the content. Check it out http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...-per-hour.html

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troy23

11 years ago

No it's fine.
I do this all the time.
Chances are by the time you've finished it you would have added your own stamp to it.

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AlisonM

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Seemore25101

Hi,

I recently bought a product in the network marketing niche

I would check out the rights you had when you bought the product - whether there is any information on what you may or may not do with it.

If in doubt you could ask the author; they might be happy to have an ebook produced in return for an acknowledgement.

Otherwise, take inspiration from the product, add your expertise to it and don't plalgerise.

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