STOP WORK-FOR-HIRE!
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Over the past several years, there has been a disturbing increase in the number of companies and creative agencies mandating work-for-hire for all of their freelance and contract assignments.
We, the undersigned, are against work-for-hire and restrictive rights agreements for the following reasons:
Work-for-hire transfers ALL rights of copyright to the buyer, including all sketches, layer files, and prep materials.
Work-for-hire makes the contractor a de facto employee without providing any of the benefits of employment to the freelancer.
Work-for-hire is used by companies and agencies to deny freelancers work.
Work-for-hire is used by companies and agencies to deny freelancers additional compensation for reuse of the work they produce.
The very nature of Work-for-hire virtually ensures the downward spiral of ethics in the creative profession.
In addition, work-for-hire devalues the communication design profession. It reduces the creative professional and the work he/she produces to a commodity, rather than a specialized service.
After you've signed the petition, visit www.stopworkforhire.com and professionalartistsleague.com for articles on work-for-hire, unethical business practices, and the creative community at-large. Download the STOP WORK-FOR-HIRE logo and join the crusade today!
Over the past several years, there has been a disturbing increase in the number of companies and creative agencies mandating work-for-hire for all of their freelance and contract assignments.
We, the undersigned, are against work-for-hire and restrictive rights agreements for the following reasons:
Work-for-hire transfers ALL rights of copyright to the buyer, including all sketches, layer files, and prep materials.
Work-for-hire makes the contractor a de facto employee without providing any of the benefits of employment to the freelancer.
Work-for-hire is used by companies and agencies to deny freelancers work.
Work-for-hire is used by companies and agencies to deny freelancers additional compensation for reuse of the work they produce.
The very nature of Work-for-hire virtually ensures the downward spiral of ethics in the creative profession.
In addition, work-for-hire devalues the communication design profession. It reduces the creative professional and the work he/she produces to a commodity, rather than a specialized service.
After you've signed the petition, visit www.stopworkforhire.com and professionalartistsleague.com for articles on work-for-hire, unethical business practices, and the creative community at-large. Download the STOP WORK-FOR-HIRE logo and join the crusade today!
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Alberta Ryan
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Visual Communication Design Schools, Governments and the Public
Visual Communication Design Schools, Governments and the Public
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