Originally Posted by celandina

Actually it shows how little you know the licensing business.

This is standard in the film and TV industry but ONLY if you sell the content. The purchaser may want to re edit, re stage, adjust, replace etc....but mainly prevent cheating and stealing.

Below quotes are from a major studio deal purchasing from the producer. I have of course replaced names with XXX. There is an option that if you do not deliver all materials after the sale you must destroy them all. That basically you are prevented from making another movie but claim its a different movie.



Basically this deal prevent crooks who made the content re selling it over and over.