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rogue3d · May 6th, 2008

This same thing happened to me. A firm I was contracted by put my work on their site and clamied they did it. They changed their services to say that they provide 3d rendering and animation. They have in house people, but they are not very good and even now since this has happened they come back to me when they are up against a wall.

In my situation things worked out for me when they got a taste of their own medicine. It turns out that I unknowingly pitched my work to another firm. When they reviewed my portfolio, they noticed I had an image that they designed. They asked me where I got it, I explined that I do freelance on the side and that I was hired to create this image. Now they know who they hired to do the 3d work (not me) so they knew the firm they hired essentially lied to them. they in-turn stopped working with the firm that had contracted me.

A few days later I get a call from the firm I was contracted by claiming we can no longer work together because my portfolio and theirs was too similar (another way to put is that their portfolio is MY portfolio, but whatever). they lost a client and I gained a job. I did lose them as a frequent client, but like I said, they still need me because their in house talent, is light in the talent department.

In the end as someone previously mentioned, if your not losing money by their actions, is it worth spending money to defend yourself? they need you to do the work, if you stop working with them, then they are stuck. I'd say keep that $200 an hour and put it towards finding a new client.

May 6th, 2008	#10 (permalink)
rogue3d Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 24 Name: David Oakill	Re: Copyrights, portfolio rights, bragging rights? This same thing happened to me. A firm I was contracted by put my work on their site and clamied they did it. They changed their services to say that they provide 3d rendering and animation. They have in house people, but they are not very good and even now since this has happened they come back to me when they are up against a wall. In my situation things worked out for me when they got a taste of their own medicine. It turns out that I unknowingly pitched my work to another firm. When they reviewed my portfolio, they noticed I had an image that they designed. They asked me where I got it, I explined that I do freelance on the side and that I was hired to create this image. Now they know who they hired to do the 3d work (not me) so they knew the firm they hired essentially lied to them. they in-turn stopped working with the firm that had contracted me. A few days later I get a call from the firm I was contracted by claiming we can no longer work together because my portfolio and theirs was too similar (another way to put is that their portfolio is MY portfolio, but whatever). they lost a client and I gained a job. I did lose them as a frequent client, but like I said, they still need me because their in house talent, is light in the talent department. In the end as someone previously mentioned, if your not losing money by their actions, is it worth spending money to defend yourself? they need you to do the work, if you stop working with them, then they are stuck. I'd say keep that $200 an hour and put it towards finding a new client. __________________ BOO Unhandeled Exception Error!