Inappropriate free/spec work
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- alicetheblue0
An they shouldn't have *COPYRIGHT 2011 ©, GEEK & SUNDRY * on their site then?
- akrok0
ha. it got all quiet now.
- akrok0
why don't we all twitter them???
- Gucci0
I could be wrong, but if they haven't paid and you haven't released it to them for use, it's technically your property.
So, if I buy a PS3 and lend it to a friend so he can check it out and say "wow, this is fucking cool" then the bastard keeps it and passes it off as his own, isn't that theft?
- first thing, yes.
2nd thing, you lend it. a bit trickier there.akrok
- first thing, yes.
- ETM0
Everything thread like this doesn't boil down to a bad client, it boils down to bad practice by the designer.
No deposit - No project start
No Progress payment - Project stops
No Final Payment - No deliverable to clientNo contract... well that's just ridiculous.
- Nathan_Adams0
When they refused to pay a deposit, why did you proceed anyway?
- hargbine0
ah shite...didn't think that would embed:
- hargbine0
"Fuck you pay me"
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- johnny_wobble0
why did you give them a logo with no payment?
- kingsteven0
yeah, he's saying they didn't pay for his logo, then replaced it with another logo, (sorry "identity")... seeing i still have no fucking idea what they do after 5 mins on their website and facebook page, i'll stick with "logo".
- sorry dude, but it just sounds like a shit client who knows how to get stuff for free, but wasn't in to your logo. ditch 'em.kingsteven
- yeah, but he should definitely get paid for developing the identity/logo in the first placemonospaced
- true, but i wouldn't take "has not paid for design identity work" as proof of agreement.kingsteven
- lvl_130
umm, what?
those look nothing alike.
- SigDesign0
- coolmonospaced
- I kinda like itmonospaced
- my eyes hurt nowJacque
- looks like perrier to me for some reasonscarabin
- that or carlsbergmonospaced
- SigDesign0
the original (not my best work, but...) is here:
http://geekandsundry.comAnd their new super shitty one was posted on G+
https://plus.google.com/u/0/1139…
- Nicelydrawn0
It is a huge pain in the ass, but small claims court - if you have a contract. And post it here...
- Scratch that. I misread... sorry.
Nicelydrawn - yeah i have no recourse with no contract... just verbal...SigDesign
- Scratch that. I misread... sorry.
- zoozoo0
this could be good
- dbloc0
post the hacked logo and link here.
- SigDesign
I've been working with a client, who is rather high profile, and has not paid for design identity work.
They wanted to have a new site design to coincide with the identity, and they wouldn't pay any deposit. Today I saw that they just hacked together a new shitty logo.
What do you guys do in these cases? I feel like there should be some place to report them to or something...what a waste of time...