RE: To give up copyright to client or not

REALLY excellent post, Ivan.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-business(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-business(at)hwg.org] On
Behalf Of Ivan Hoffman
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:51 PM
To: Joe Farris; hwg-business(at)hwg.org
Subject: RE: To give up copyright to client or not 

At 04:05 PM 9/27/2001 -0500, Joe Farris wrote:
>It seems to me that the legal experts here are clear in what they
>are saying and that they have everyone's best interest at heart.


Thanks.   Read "Dignity for Designers" and you will see my opinion on
this 
email.  It is a circle.  You say that you'll wait for better business
and 
then you'll have a better contract.  My experience is that you have to 
project professionalism in order to get better business and among the
first 
thing a client sees from you is your contract and your business sense in

presenting that contract.  If it looks like an amateur wrote it, your 
chances of getting better business just disappears.  The entrepreneur
knows 
how to spend money to get value.

I taught classes for a long time in making money as a web designer and 
frankly, many of the most creative artists haven't a clue as to how to
make 
money in this very competitive field.  27 years of practicing law, 
representing creative talent of all sorts, has shown me that it takes
more 
than talent, much more, to make money in anything creative.  It takes 
professionalism, marketing, entrepreneurial skills.  If you don't have 
these yourself, as many creatives don't, find someone who does and let
them 
lead the way.  And sometimes that "way" requires you to spend money on 
yourself.

Believe in abundance, not poverty.




IVAN HOFFMAN, B.A., J.D.
Attorney at Law
Lawyering With Integrity
Internet Law, Publishing Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Corporate Training

and Online Education Law, Web Design Law, Music Law.  *A 6 Times Award 
Winning Site.* http://www.ivanhoffman.com

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