Marketing Rights

If you work without a contract, it's fine from some viewpoints because it means you don't have to do anything that the contract would have made you do. So ouy won't have agreed to hiring in kit at our cost to cover failures, you won't be responsible for any cost overruns that were perhaps your fault. The contract would have included your need for access to the finished product for marketing etc - so there's very little you can do - you got paid for providing a service, and have few rights, if any to the material you produce. I do this for most of my work - they pay you to shoot, you hand them the tapes and cards and walk away. If the price is right, I don't actually want anything else?
 
I can see why the end client does not want the video available on a web site. As the OP stated it is a tutorial video that they are going to sell. The answer is simple ask them if you can use a short clip 30 secs- 2min on your web site. This show's your work and their tutorial. Enough to see your creative skills and not showing enough to stop people buying the video. ALso it has some "advertising" element for their tutorial. Everyone is happy.

On the other hand the OP can argue. If he has the time and money. Though win or lose you get a reputation for being awkward and a lot of people connected to the client and middle man (and their friends) who won't use you again. If this is the only video the OP has or only tutorial video I can see why the OP might want to have it on the web site. Otherwise if it is one of many what is the problem?
 
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