Hi everyone! I've been trying to decide if I want to start watermarking my audio when I submit it to a client (to then be removed when payment is received) or stay the course of not doing it. I haven't had a situation yet where I've been burned by not doing it (no one has used my audio and not paid for it), I'm just trying to figure out if I should be more careful than I am. Thoughts?
Acting : Voice Actors: Do you watermark? by Samuel Kurnit
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Samuel - I would maybe ask Dan Leonard his advice, I bet he'd have some good insight to this!
Thanks, I'll do that!
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Hi Sam, Its a personal thing. I tend to trust people when I audition, PLUS, I simply don't give them the entire script, unless its someone I trust. Maybe for smaller market stuff where you might never hear what you've done. A watermark sometimes will really piss off people in high places. Watermarking, to me, shows a general mistrust of the marketplace. You don't want to start off a relationship that way. And chances are you'll have no relationship to start with.
Thanks Dan! Those are really good points. It's not something that I wanted to start doing; so far everyone that I've worked with has been fantastically trustworthy and I've had no reason too. I've just heard hub-bub from some other VAs about it being a "best practice" and wanted to make sure I wasn't missing the boat. I think this is a boat I'll purposely not take.
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People who tell you that did not have your best interest at heart. If its there "best practice," they don't get much work.
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All good notes everyone. Trusting people is always a good thing but definitely always keep your legal in place - make sure you do everything to make sure your stuff can be proven by Law to be yours and then be confident that you are fine.