JCM Digital Imaging : Technician Music : Stock Footage : Butterflies of Santa Clarita
FAQ and Site Information
Using this site:
Navigation
Video clips available on this site are organized into categories. Navigate to the desired category using the
menu page buttons, and use the thumbnail images to view
the sample videos on YouTube. The video sample will play (in a separate browser window) in YouTube's reduced
resolution and quality for the purpose of auditioning the content of the clip. Some sample videos contain a
number of JCMDI clips, with gaps in between and the catalog number at the start of each clip. The YouTube link
contains a timecode offset (start time in [m]inutes and [s]econds) so that the sample video should start
playing at the clip you selected. The YouTube player timecode display and playbar can be useful for replaying
the sample clip as needed. If you are having trouble finding a particular clip or subject, the
Raw Search page which allows you to search the entire
inventory by catalog number and keywords may be helpful (caution - it's REALLY big!).
Selecting Clips
Use the "Add To Cart" buttons to select video clips for which you wish to purchase a usage license. Your
selections will be added to JCM Digital Imaging's Shopping Cart hosted on PayPal's secure website, which will
automatically add any applicable tax and shipping/transfer
charges to the order. When you have finished selecting clips, simply choose "Check Out" to finish the
transaction using a PayPal account or major credit card on PayPal's secure website. Special orders such as
format conversions, custom work, quantity discounts, still images, music, audio, etc. will need to be handled
outside the shopping cart - please eMail JCMDI customer service (customerservice @ JCMDI.COM) to discuss any
special requests prior to purchase.
What You Get
After licensing is complete, you will recieve your license and receipt documents in electronic PDF format,
along with a link to download your file(s) from our server. Any JCMDI finished productions you selected will
be provided as-is, with all text and audio just as they appear on YouTube, and will be licensed for your use
as stock footage. For stock footage clips, you receive the original full length, full resolution,
non-watermaked best quality version of the clip. Since some of our samples are trimmed versions of the
original raw file, the clip you receive may also be longer, with more content than the YouTube sample. Any
additional content the original clip may contain is included with your license and may be used at your
discretion. The original clip's actual resolution, format, and other details can be displayed by hovering your
cursor over the video's thumbnail on our catalog page. Except for our finished productions licensed as stock
footage, any soundtrack that plays in the YouTube video sample is NOT included with the clip unless
specifically noted. The original clip you receive may contain a raw original audio soundtrack (which is also
included with your license) or no audio at all. Most time lapse and many slow motion clips have no soundtrack.
If you have licensed still images, artwork, music or audio, you will be provided with full resolution
non-watermarked images, and full quality WAV versions of audio.
JCMDI Still Images, Music and Audio
Still images and artwork may be downloaded directly from this site and may be used for non-commercial purposes per the
Free Usage Policy below. Audio material
(ambient/nature soundtracks, Technician original music, etc.) may be purchased/downloaded from CDBaby, iTunes, etc.,
or ripped from online sources for personal use and non-profit/non-commercial purposes per the Free Usage Policy below. See the Commercial Use Licenses section below for
commercial use licensing.
Commercial Use Licenses:
Any visual (photo/video) and audio material displayed on this site which is not priced may
be licensed for commercial use by contacting JCMDI customer service to discuss your needs and pricing. Stock
video footage prices shown are for a Commercial Use License, a copy of which will be included with your
receipt (both receipt and license documents are provided in PDF format) for your records. Additional rights
and modifications may be added by contacting JCMDI Customer Service. The standard usage license is worded as
follows:
Standard License Verbiage
This license, upon payment of the license fee, grants its owner the royalty-free, non-exclusive right to
include the intellectual property listed below (the "material") as acquired from JCM Digital Imaging (JCMDI),
in ONE film, video, project, or other production (the "finished work"). The material, in whole or in part,
MUST be incorporated into and be distributed as part of the finished work, may be modified as needed, and may
occur more than once. The finished work may be monetized, replicated, broadcast, sold, licensed, assigned and
otherwise distributed to end users and audiences, world-wide, via all media, in perpetuity, without further
payment to JCMDI. This license does not grant permission to use the material in additional or derivative
works, with the exception that small portions (less than 5 seconds) of the material, may appear in trailers or
advertisements for the finished work, and, the opening titles and closing credits of other closely related
series episodes. In no event shall any portion of the material be sold, sub-licensed, or distributed to others
for use as stock footage, so as to prevent competition with JCMDI's on-going licensing of the material. JCM
Digital Imaging is the sole owner of the copyright and intellectual property rights to the material listed
below. The material is original and authentic. This license grants ONLY the right to incorporate the material
into a finished work for use as described above. Under no condition shall JCMDI, its employees, owner(s), or
affiliates be liable for any damages or losses, whether incidental or consequential, caused by the use or
misuse of any material obtained from, or licensed/created by JCMDI. This license is provided without warranty,
and is transferable to subsequent owners of the finished work, should such sales or transfers occur.
Discounts
For low budget/low-profit productions or large quantities of audio, video and/or photographic material,
discounted licensing and delivery can often be negotiated, so do feel free to contact us to discuss your
project and needs.
Clips Purchased Offsite
Select JCMDI Footage is available for LEGAL commercial use from the following AUTHORIZED sources: Pond5.com, Newsflare.com, VJLoops.com, and clipcanvas.com. Footage
acquired from the sources above may be used commercially as provided by the usage license which you will
receive directly from them.
Non-Legal Sources
If you paid for or otherwise acquired JCMDI footage from any other source (such as VIDEOBLOCKS.COM), you have
probably been sold watermarked footage which was downloaded from YouTube, and you may even have been given
false rights to use the footage in any way you like. Unfortunately, such footage is NOT legal for commercial
use and may NOT be monetized in any way. However, it CAN be used for non-profit/non-commercial purposes under
the JCMDI Free Usage Policy below.
TECHNICIAN Music/Soundtracks
Purchasing/downloading Technician
original music from iTunes, CDBaby and
other sources entitles the purchaser to use the material for personal enjoyment, and other non-commercial
purposes as defined by the Free Usage Policy
below. Commercial use (i.e. using our audio in any production which will be sold or monetized in any way)
requires commercial licensing, which can be obtained by contacting JCMDI customer service to discuss your
needs and pricing.
Delivery:
This site is
partially automated so far as navigation, shopping cart and payments are concerned. Once you have placed and
paid for your order, the rest will be handled by a human. PayPal notifies us via eMail after they process the
transaction. Once we are notified, JCMDI customer service will contact you via eMail (usually within 24 hours)
to confirm receipt of your order, and if needed, offer/request any additional information necessary to
complete the transaction. If you have not heard from us after 24 hours of placing your order, please contact
customerservice @ jcmdi.com to verify that we did indeed receive it.
Digital Delivery (Download)
Audio, video, still images, and other non-physical digital items that you order will be manually uploaded to
our secure webserver. Larger orders/files may take several hours to upload to our webserver and may be need to
be delivered in several batches. Once your order is processed and your files are ready, customer service will
send you another eMail with your receipt, license, and a link, username, and password to access your file(s).
Files will remain online for at least a week [unless delivered in batches], and may be downloaded more than
once at your convenience. Very large orders and/or some 4K/UHD/HD files may be inconvenient or impossible to
transfer digitally, and may need to be sent to you as data files on recordable media (such as data DVDs). We
will advise/consult with you in advance of delivery so special arrangements may be made as needed.
Shipping and Taxes
Physical items such as CDs, DVDs and digital items shipped on physical media, will by
shipped to you via United States Postal Service Priority Mail. While we strive to use digital transfer
whenever possible to avoid shipping charges and taxes, shipping charges will apply for physical shipments, and
by law, sales tax will be collected on the full value of any item(s) shipped physically to destinations in
California. Special delivery methods and options can be arranged by contacting JCMDI customer service in
advance of, or immediately after your purchase as needed.
CODECs and Formats:
The
video clips available on this site were recorded on a variety of equipment, and are being offered here
in their original, native format for highest quality. Due to the wide range of compression and file formats in
the world today, compatibility is sometimes an issue. CODECs for all of the formats used here are available
for the PC. JCM Digital Imaging does not sell or support CODECs. However, downloads of free CODEC packages are
available on the Internet if needed. One such package we installed, tested and found to be useful is here:
PC CODEC Pack: ffdshow (note - this is not a JCMDI product
- download and use at your own risk). Please contact us in advance if you are concerned about CODEC and format
issues not covered here.
MAC OS X:
Most of our time lapse sequences are now compressed in standard high bitrate MOTION JPEG compression
(compatible with MAC OS X). For files in other native formats; .MTS(AVCHD), WMV(Windows Media),
H.264(MPEG4), etc.), A limited selection of format conversions are also available at extra charge
($5 per clip). Please let us know your needs before ordering.
Video File Test Samples:
To check for compatibility of our clips with your equipment and software in advance of purchase, you may
download these short, low quality test sample clips for the following formats (right-click the link and
select "Save target as" to save the sample file to your computer for testing use):
Motion JPEG (SD in a .AVI container)
AVCHD H.264 (HD in a .MTS container)
Windows Media 9 (SD in a .WMV container)
Casio EX-F1 (512x384 300fps) H.264 QuickTime (in a .MOV container)
(More samples to come...)
Free Usage Policy:
(Important - See
the COPYRIGHT/Claim/Ad and PARTNER sections below, too)
We receive many requests for permission to use JCMDI Material for
non-profit purposes on YouTube and elsewhere without purchasing a commercial usage license. Our general policy
is to allow free use of our Material, provided that NO PROFIT, COMMERCIAL USE,
MONETIZATION, OR OTHER REVENUE-GENERATING ACTIVITY results from such use.
Definitions:
JCMDI "Material" includes JCMDI's finished video productions, stock
footage clips, photos/still imagery, text, audio soundtracks, and Technician musical works, whether in whole
or in part, edited, modified, or incorporated into/bundled with any other material.
"Commercial" means any activity which generates revenue, including
advertising, sales, rental, sub-licensing, broadcast, admission/access fees, and monetization. "
Monetization" includes but is not limited to any audio, visual or
textual advertising that generates revenue, and which is displayed before, during, after, adjacent to, or on
the same web page as the JCMDI Material.
Examples:
Non-profit/non-commercial uses include music videos and artist promotion, school projects, public education
and activism, personal entertainment, home videos, creative and artistic projects, news and expose,
"spreading the word", and non-monetized YouTube videos. The resulting performance or
display of any project/production containing JCMDI Material must be given away completely free of any
money-making activity .
Exceptions:
Due to JCMDI's partnership with Google/YouTube, ads/commercials placed by YouTube on videos containing JCMDI
copyright-claimed materials, and views under YouTube's RED/Premium subscription access are allowed under this
free usage policy. Additionally, music and visual artists may promote their work by incorporating JCMDI audio
and/or video into promotional productions, provided that the production itself is not sold or otherwise
monetized.
Credits
Credit for, and/or a link to the source of any JCMDI material used in your project, consistent with other
credits for your production/performance, should be included either in the video, image or descriptive text.
Something as simple as "Video footage/imagery and/or music courtesy of JCM Digital Imaging HTTP://JCMDI.COM"
is acceptable.
Delivery
Note that for free use, we cannot ship or otherwise deliver any material. JCMDI material
may be downloaded/ripped directly from online sources, such as YouTube for audio/video material (freeware
rippers can generally be found online) and the JCMDI website for high quality still images.
A small selection of our most popular videos can be freely downloaded directly from our site at:
www.jcmdi.com.
Discounts
For low budget productions, limited distribution, one-time events (webcasts, etc.),
large quantities of material, and discount in exchange for credits/advertising consideration, reduced-cost
licensing and delivery can often be negotiated, so do feel free to contact us to discuss your project and
needs.
Embedded Players
Embedded YouTube players showing JCMDI video(s) may be posted anywhere on the
Internet, provided that the usage complies with the above free usage policy.
Links
You may post links to any JCMDI.COM website pages, YouTube channels/videos,
Technician audio tracks on CD Baby, and our Google+ and facebook pages, anywhere on
the Internet without further permission or condition.
Re-Posting
Downloading JCMDI material and re-posting it elsewhere in its entirety is also
allowed, provided that the use complies with the above free usage policy (i.e.
the content is not sold, monetized or otherwise distributed/performed for commercial
purposes), and a credit note/link to the original source of the material or
the JCMDI.COM website is provided to viewers as described above.
Soundtracks
If you are using your own soundtrack, please mute any JCMDI original soundtrack so it
doesn't conflict with yours, and remove or obscure audio credits (if any) in the original JCMDI clip to avoid
mis-crediting your audio soundtrack.
Sources
As long as you comply with the JCMDI free usage policy detailed above, you may
use as many clips, images and/or Technician soundtracks as you like, in whole
or in part, from the JCMDI website or any of the JCMDI channels listed below,
in your own projects, free of charge:
JCMegabyte
JcmdiStockFootage
JcmdiWeirdStuff
JCMDInature
TechnicianMusic
TheNatureStation
HummingBirdChannel
COPYRIGHT CLAIMS and NOTICES:
Using Partner Material
Please be aware that JCMDI is a YouTube/Google partner, and there are pros and cons to using partner
material... On the positive side, YouTube/Google may promote videos containing partner material such as ours,
on which they can post ads, so you may see increased traffic, featuring, more frequent appearance of your
"Content ID claimed" vids in the related video sidebar/player windows and possibly higher placement in
searches as well. JCMDI has experienced all of these positive side effects. The only real negative is that
YouTube is more likely to post ads on videos containing partner material than those without. If you are also a
YouTube partner and monetize your video(s), see the
PARTNER section below, too.
Copyright Claims
YouTube's Content ID System (CMS) may place a copyrighted material "claim" on your upload for each piece of
JCMDI or TECHNICIAN material it contains. This is essentially harmless and simply means that some JCMDI audio
or video material appears in your upload. If you receive a claim notice on behalf of user JCMegabyte, or a
music/audio claim notice from RUMBLEFISH or CD BABY, all is well and no further action is needed on your part.
You should click the "ACKNOWLEDGE" button if one appears by the copyright notice, otherwise, the claim should
be left as-is. Copyright claims of this type will not adversely affect your account or channel standing UNLESS
you dispute them. If there is truly NO JCMDI audio or video material used in your upload, or if there is, and
you have licensed commercial usage rights from JCMDI to use or monetize that material, it is better to contact
us directly to resolve the issue rather than disputing the claim. Please note - filing YouTube claim disputes
and appeals could result in more serious action such as takedown notices and/or strikes, so please avoid
filing claim disputes if at all possible. Contact us instead.
YouTube CMS
Details: YouTube's Content Management System (CMS) is fully automated, and uses digital "fingerprints" to
search all uploads for material owned/created by others, then automatically places a 3rd party copyrighted
material "claim" on the owner's behalf for each piece of copyrighted audio or video material it finds. Some
copyright owners have chosen to block or take down videos uploaded with their material, however, JCMDI has set
the CMS to ALLOW use of our material, so no strikes or penalties will come to you or your account for use of
JCMDI material, UNLESS you dispute the claim. Any claim you receive on behalf of user "JCMegabyte" (for video)
or user "Rumblefish" or "CD Baby" (for Technician music) can simply be ignored, or, just click the
"Acknowledge" button if one appears. JCMDI copyright claim notices can look a little scary if you're not
familiar with them, but they are purely informational in this case. They help protect original content makers'
rights, and are legal for copyrighted material authorship identification as provided under title 17, section
106a, paragraph a,1,A of the 1976 United States Copyright Act.
Misc.
If you use audio/video material from many sources in your production, you may have additional (and more
serious) claims from other copyright owners, however, JCMDI has no control over any claims placed on behalf of
other copyright owners for use of their material. Again, no action (other than clicking the "Acknowledge"
button) is required on your part for any claims placed on behalf of JCMDI (JCMegabyte for video and
Rumblefish/CD Baby for Technician music). More detail about copyright can be found in this JCMDI Copyright FAQ
YouTube Partners and Content ID (CVP/CMS) Users
YouTube Partners
If you are a YouTube Partner, you may now legally monetize (commercialize) JCMDI content contained in your
video on YouTube without buying a commercial use license, provided that any JCMDI/JCMegabyte copyright claims
placed by YouTube's system are not disputed. Be aware that disputing copyright claims can result in takedowns
and strikes against your channel/account. This permission authorizes monetization of JCMDI copyrighted
material on YouTube only, and does NOT apply to copyrighted material belonging to others. You will need to
get permission from each of any other copyright holders before monetizing video containing their material.
Note that until YouTube changes their system, some copyright claims may prevent a partner from monetizing
a video. In this case, use of our material will be limited to free use of the copyrighted material only without
the ability to monetize it. Since YouTube's content ID claiming system is mostly automated, new claims for
previously unclaimed segments of copyrighted material in your video may be applied at any time as the
content matching system discovers them, thus your ability to monetize a particular video may change in the
future.
Content ID/CMS Users
If you are a YouTube Network, CVP/CMS user, or Copyright Owner/Licensing Agent with Content ID privileges and
you intend to create, upload, or claim OWNERSHIP (content ID matching) of a video which contains ANY JCMDI
audio or visual material, you must EXCLUDE the segment(s) of your video which contains the JCMDI material from
Content ID matching using the CMS asset reference editing tool, to avoid ownership conflicts.
Enjoy the clips, images and audio, and good luck with your project(s)!
Please contact us directly for questions, details, and special requests not covered above.
customerservice @ jcmdi . com -- Thank you for your interest!
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