I attempted to inquire about investing in some of these kiosks from a site called Copyvend (can't remember the URL - do your homework). They wanted 100k upfront for the licensing rights to the north eastern US. Unfortunately this vendor could not produce anything more than a couple of photographs for this kiosk. There was skimpy ROI and target audience information on their web site. There was also no indication of a place that I could go and see this in operation (ie: 7-11 or Walmart type location). The operators of this company also wanted the license owners to deploy their own marketing plan including creation of brochures and whatnot. Either this competing company hasn't a clue what's going on or isn't ready for mainstream investing. Either way, they're in up to they're dingo eyeballs in copyright infringement. Think the RIAA cracks down hard on the Internet Radio stations? Check again - the companies are bound to fight for the VCR-oriented defense, but it's not going to hold ground. Good luck to them.
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I attempted to inquire about investing in some of these kiosks from a site called Copyvend (can't remember the URL - do your homework). They wanted 100k upfront for the licensing rights to the north eastern US. Unfortunately this vendor could not produce anything more than a couple of photographs for this kiosk. There was skimpy ROI and target audience information on their web site. There was also no indication of a place that I could go and see this in operation (ie: 7-11 or Walmart type location). The operators of this company also wanted the license owners to deploy their own marketing plan including creation of brochures and whatnot. Either this competing company hasn't a clue what's going on or isn't ready for mainstream investing. Either way, they're in up to they're dingo eyeballs in copyright infringement. Think the RIAA cracks down hard on the Internet Radio stations? Check again - the companies are bound to fight for the VCR-oriented defense, but it's not going to hold ground. Good luck to them.