Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:06:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Spoon Collective <spoons-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: Gotcha!



>Funny I once had the opposite problem...I videotaped and edited a large
>production for a famous puppeteer and never got paid.
>
>Ciao!
>Marshall


In a previous incarnation I had a job where I spent part of my time chasing
money for artists who'd been treated in the same way - non-payment of
contracts after the work was done, etc.

In addition to the standard formal letters, threats of legal action, etc, I
found one very effective technique was to politely remind the reneging
party that I might have no choice but to make it known to other artists
that this individual had not paid their bills; just to be fair to everyone
else in the industry.

Perhaps this might be one way to get the money owed to you.  Even if it
doesn't work, don't you think you would be doing other artists a favour by
warning them to be cautious in dealing with this individual?  If you were
genuinely ripped off, and you've tried all the other options, you have
every right to make your sad story known.

But a word of warning - be careful how you word any accusations you're
making in public.  You don't want to get done for defamation, and truth
isn't always a defence; if in doubt, get advice from a legal eagle.

I know this kind of thing happens to writers, and quite often you'll see
writers' warnings to other writers on the alt.writing newsgroup, so I think
it's becoming a common way to keep artistic communities informed.

What does everyone else think?

Cheers, Janet

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"I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand
....in the doing is the learning"

                Confucius




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