New Video Licensing for WEVA Members To Be Announced Next Week
January 22, 2008
Sarasota, FL - Next week at WEVA's Wide World of Weddings & Events at PMA 08, the new winter convention for videographers being held in Las Vegas, WEVA and ImageSpan Inc., will officially announce the details of an exclusive, and groundbreaking, agreement for providing all WEVA members with an easy way to license and sell their digital content (current and stored work) using ImageSpan’s new "LicenseStream" technology.
As reported in WEVA’s December issue of Wedding & Event Videography Resource Guide, co-produced by NewBay Media, LicenseStream offers video producers a revolutionary new way to license digital content in minutes, and increase product demand by speeding the transaction process and avoiding major legal hurdles. Now, with a few mouse clicks, videographers can upload, register, describe, and define rights to their work and then market and license that work online all without paperwork, pricing hassles or middlemen.
The new licensing program developed exclusively for WEVA members offers professional videographers unique advantages that would otherwise cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to access any other way, and will include built-in avenues for creating new income streams based on digital content videographers are currently producing, or already have in stored files.
"The new program represents an historic, ‘industry-first’ that gives individual videographers the ability to market, license, and sell their own digital video and imaging products quickly and easily – and on a global scale," said WEVA International founder and chairman Roy Chapman. "With the demand for all types of digital video content exploding around the globe, this brand new program is a tangible, real-world advantage for all WEVA members in the new online video world of today."
Cutting-edge media companies have already begun using the advantage of ImageSpan’s licensing technology through its revolutionary CurbStream platform. CurbStream enables the assignment of local shoots to WEVA members worldwide and automatically enables the content to be rights-cleared and licensable for use. WEVA members can register (at no cost) for local shoots and upload raw footage via CurbStream’s easy-to-use online interface.
"Due to WEVA’s strategic partnership with ImageSpan, the development of a simple, online licensing vehicle for WEVA members has been a logical 'next-step' for our evolving industry," Chapman said. "The new system will help WEVA members get fair pay for their work without fear of copyright issues and without the expense of lawyers and third-party agencies, and will offer many other advantages. Full details will announced next week in Las Vegas when the new program is unveiled at WEVA's Wide World of Weddings & Events at PMA 08." Open to all industry professionals, the winter convention (Jan. 29 - Feb. 2) offers early-bird discount registration online. Register today!
About ImageSpan, Inc.
ImageSpan provides an enabling infrastructure for content licensing, helping content owners define rights to their work and transact online in minutes as we automate today’s manual licensing processes. ImageSpan is the market-leading licensing automation platform partner for global advertising and content production and delivery businesses, including Omnicom and Adobe Systems. Founded in 2003 and based in Sausalito, CA, ImageSpan is a trusted solution provider and the exclusive license automation provider to the PLUS Coalition, the global standards organization for the image licensing industries. For more information, please go to www.imagespan.com or call 1-415-259-4529.
About Wedding & Event Videographers Association International (WEVA)
Founded over a decade ago, WEVA International is the world's largest trade association for professional wedding and event videographers and leads the field with education that's on the cutting-edge of industry developments. WEVA is dedicated to advancing the professional interests of videographers globally through continuing education at events such as Wedding & Event Video Expo and WEVA's Wide World of Weddings & Events, technical support, group benefits, advocacy committees, new media, including Wedding & Event Videography Resource Guide, plus WEVA NEWS MINUTE videos, WEVA On-The-Air Podcasts, and streaming video on WEVA-TV.
Join WEVA online today to access valuable WEVA membership benefits that can help you succeed in your business, including new opportunities through ImageSpan's LicenseStream and CurbStream programs, plus low-cost Visa/MasterCard Merchant Status, Equipment Insurance, E&O Insurance, the new Equipment Financing Program, WEVA NEWS MINUTE videos, WEVA On-The-Air podcasts, and more. Membership also provides opportunities for professional videographer (MPV) accreditation, and system-training at WEVA EXPO 2008 our industry’s biggest international convention and trade show. For more information contact the association at 941-923-5334 or email: [email protected] |
