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jinpachistar posted:Anyone have some kind of similar experience to this? neonnoodle posted:This person is insane. Do not do any work for them. Nobody has "a potentially interested network" or any real "investors" if their teleplay is riddled with basic errors like that. This person is completely full of poo poo and will probably never pay you. Yeah, that. Any idiot can type up a document, and many idiots do. 10 to 1 says those investors are fictitious.
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Defenestration posted:God bless the slush pile Hell yeah, we should have a thread for that
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Rad R. posted:Guys, I hope I'm in the right place, I have a question for illustrators and designers. Recently, I received an email invite from Curioos, asking me to set up an account with them. Now, I'm used to getting spam emails like these, mostly from a company called VIDA, but I never heard of Curioos before, and after doing a bit of research, everything seems legit. But, I'm still a bit skeptical. I want to be sure that this is in no way a scam. Any advice? Thanks in advance. By the word of people I know on Twitter, and some Reddit testimonies from back when, VIDA and Curioos are both real companies, but their business model involves acquiring the rights to your work and not compensating you fairly. In VIDA's case, in exchange for a waiver of your moral rights (including your right to be credited), you get 10% of profits (note: profits, not sales), and the contract has no termination date. There's a more detailed blog post about VIDA here but the gist of it is "avoid," unless they're selling something of yours that you don't mind losing control of. Frankly, if you want to make money from productions of your designs, Society6 / Redbubble / Teepublic have much more transparent and amenable contracts for you to sign, and pay about the same. Plus, those sites let you terminate at any time and retain the right to your creations. I haven't had any encounters with Curioos yet, but I expect that if they're cold-calling artists via email, their business might not be so appealing to spread via word of mouth. Approach with caution, or better yet, avoid and make sales on your own terms.
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