legal woes
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- daveFelton0
There are countless firms that will not allow employees, freelancers or otherwise, to use work in personal portfolios. Its not fair, in my opinion, and it doesn't benefit anyone really, but its just the way it is. The only one who suffers is the designer who can't show their work.
It will all depend on what type of contract your wife signed when first elisting with the firm. If the contract says that she can't use the work in any way, even with citations, then legally she'll have no ground to stand on, and will have to remove it from her 'folio. If no contract was signed, you'd probably be able to fight since she is giving credit where its due.
My general understanding is when you work somewhere fulltime, any and all work you produce belongs solely to the firm or client, and can be used by you with either the firm or the client's approval. Not sure how that applies to a freelance situation, but thats what the contract is for. Did she sign anything?
- Its deos not apply to freelance, unless you sign away your rights to the work, the work is yours!NONEIS