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Topic: NEVER work without a signed contract...
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| paula_vergara | Posted – 1/3/2008 5:08:47 PM | show profile otherwise, this is the B.S. explanation that you'll get when you ask for details on rights and payment: "I cannot precisely offer what is legally defined by "ALL rights" and "indefinitely." I do have an understanding that by recognizing receipt of the guidelines you agree to not submit the article to any other publication, so that may answer what you mean by "ALL rights." As for payment, you will be paid within 60 days of publication - and the expected month of publication is never set in stone, and thus cannot be guaranteed. I also cannot guarantee the 1,117 words of your article will be printed. If we only have enough room for 1,000 words, then 1,000 words at .10 cents a word would be your payment. So, legally, I cannot offer definite payment or an expected month of payment since we hold the rights to publish at our discretion ("Due to inevitable changes in editorial planning, we cannot guarantee a specific publication date for assigned or accepted stories.")" |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 1/3/2008 5:42:26 PM | show profile Actually, I thought the payment issue was pretty straightforward: They pay 10 cents a word, based on whatever portion of the article they use, with payment coming two months after the article is published. |
| paula_vergara | Posted – 1/3/2008 6:47:13 PM | show profile right. But, without a signed contract, I don't have a leg to stand on. This is simply part of their writer's guidelines. |
| joyeuxnoelle | Posted – 1/4/2008 6:43:05 PM | show profile | email poster Well, if it's just the guidelines, you won't mind telling us which pub this is? *smile* |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 1/4/2008 10:08:27 PM | show profile Normally, that's true. But in this case, if you accept their terms, I wouldn't worry about it. They are telling you they buy all rights, so once you give them a piece it's theirs forever. So the only issue would be if 2 months after publication, they don't pay you the ten cents per word used. --right. But, without a signed contract, I don't have a leg to stand on. This is simply part of their writer's guidelines.-- |
| missmedia | Posted – 1/16/2008 2:22:51 AM | show profile Signed Contract I had a terrible experience by not signing a contract up-front on a film once. It was an independant film, and I was not (and still am not) a member of the union. I did a lot of pre-production work, and didn't get paid. The company got away with it, with some excuse. I didn't know any better then. Now I do. |
