[arg_discuss] Intellectual property and freelance work

[varin]

Adam,

I've always allowed the ARG publisher to retain the rights to any work
I've done for the ARG, if that is what they asked of me.  My only
requirement is that I get credit for the work done and can use the
work in my resume and portfolio.

Now, of course, people may respond and say I've been foolish for doing
it that way!

Michelle Senderhauf
www.varin.org

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:22 PM, A Nakama <a.r.nakama at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone!

>

>  I'm currently negotiating a contract for an ARG, and one of the things the

>  employer has requested is that she owns content created.

>

>  As a writer, if a publisher asked for the rights to my content, that's a red

>  flag telling me to run away.  Although the situation isn't the same, I'm

>  still uncomfortable signing away the rights to the work I'll be doing.

>

>  So I turn to you folks: in your experience, who owned what when it came to

>  IP?  It's reasonable to expect that if you're working directly for a company

>  that they own the IP, but what about for freelance work?

>

>  Thanks!

>

>  ~ Adam Nakama

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