[TheForge] Has anyone used this site? Sheet Iron?

[Michael Horgan]

I've used them quite a bit, Jim.  Most of the ones I've viewed, I've 
gone on to purchase. And recommended to others. Bill Epps has a nice 
series of videos, for example, with nice stuff for doing @ demos.

At 04:20 PM 8/5/2007, you wrote:

>On Aug 3, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Robert J Hill wrote:
>
>>There are some interesting videos here.  Just curious if anyone
>>nows anything about this.
>>
>>http://smartflix.com/store/category/115/Metalworking
>
>I have a bit of a problem with them. They buy the videos as if they
>are an individual  but rent them out as a commercial business and do
>not pay the copyright holder any royalties for the commercial use of
>the videos. An acquaintance of mine who's video they purchased and
>rent out has contacted them and her lawyers about this issue. They
>claim they are acting legally but her lawyers say they aren't. The
>problem is a lawsuit of this type is terribly expensive and there are
>no deep pockets here so she can't afford to go after them on the
>chance she might lose. These videos are not Hollywood big money
>productions, most of the content owners are never going to get their
>money out of the sales of the videos in the first place and Smartflix
>is depriving them of a portion of what little money they get.
>
>  So remember they are not compensating the video content owner and
>if you are ok with that use them.
>
>
>James Binnion
>jbin at well.com
>
>
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