Slugma and Fish talk about vtuber stuff Jan 16, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWA58GmtDoMain points that I think are important:
12:50 not opposed to in house models (aka invaders) but model would have to meet standards, as a business we want to own IPs, models included. I feel it's not fair of me to demand the applicant to obviously handover ownership of the model.
"you're cut for the for the company is not very good you only have a very low cut so let's say 10% 15% or even 20% or something like that "
29:00 10 15 20% is a very low cut to fish. Implied by sakana 29:25 Investors in the right state of mind wouldn't invest if you have a low cut and didn't own the assets. exit strategy discussion
30:34 all YouTuber agencies are businesses right at the end of the day I think every business is trying to you know make money harder less or little
good contracts might be too good and not for longevity
Both: First gen contracts are better then second gen where you're likely more established
1:13:00 sad girl mentioned, thanks slug
1:28:56 if a talent graduate, do you offer a buyout? fish: we do offer a buyout clause but value differs tremendously by how much we paid for it. and also varies depending on the talent. How exactly it's going to be calculated is going to be pretty complex but the buyout option is there.
Reminder this is when there was when Phase had Gen 1 ONLY Jan 16, 2022