THANK YOU SO MUCH for this post!! It's been an invaluable resource to me as I put together my contract. I know this must have taken quite a lot of time and energy to put together, and I'm really, truly grateful.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this post!! It's been an invaluable resource to me as I put together my contract. I know this must have taken quite a lot of time and energy to put together, and I'm really, truly grateful.
You're very welcome! This stuff is second nature to me, because I've been a practicing contracts/IP attorney for many years now. I've seen enough companies take advantage of artists that I wanted to provide some sort of guidance for everyone here. I would love to offer to draft and review contracts, and advise on breach of contracts, for all Guild members pro bono, but I'm only licensed in Maryland and DC and states are very strict about attorney licensing. But I'm always willing to offer general guidance (as opposed to specific legal advice).Originally Posted by LizardInk
I realized I forgot to post a demand letter for payment, so I'll do that soon.
Wait, this isn't free advice? I better stop reading now
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain all this. This is one of those areas that keeps coming up year after year because well, I think as artists it's not typically in most of our natures to be so mercenary. Until we've been burned a couple times.
I'm thinking we may want to move this information to the "Tutorials/How-To" section but we might want to get the document issue worked out first.
Have some rep for your efforts as well.
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LOL! Guess I should have chosen my words more carefully!Wait, this isn't free advice? I better stop reading now
Once I post the demand for payment letter template, I'll try again with the PDF. I agree the Tutorials/How-To section would be a good place for this thread to live. I'm happy to have it continue on as a Q&A for general guidance, too.
Thanks for the rep!
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