Demo Material

[reza]

lets just say you work for Ford Motor Company...and you design and made a prototype of a car all by your self...and when you intend to leave...do they tell you to take everything with you...nooooooo

when you work for an office, every material that you come up with belongs to the office. u used their resourse/equiepment/software and such..on top of that you get paid.

if someone pays you to cut his grass with his lawnmower...you dont get to keep the equipment when youre done...maybe just the grass.

but if you didnt sign any agreement, you can have what ever you want.

[egz]

Of course yes!! If u make, for example a webpage for some company it should be in your portoflio! No doutbt about it! I mean if u've done it fully.

Just because you have done the work, doesn't mean you have the copyright, the client/company owns the copyrights, afterall they are the ones paying you.

/Thomas

I always retain the copyright to everything I do, unless the client goes for the full buyout which usually means I bill 50% of the budget extra. Most clients don't have a problem with this.

[Da_elf]

well. when i leave the company im working for im going to walk out of here with EVERY!!! piece of work ive ever done for this company and they can kiss my *** hehehe. oh..wait a second. i work for myself..hmm might be a little hard for my to reach back there to kiss myself. ill have to take up doing yoga

[suurland]

Ok Elf.. then you are for sure off my list as potential freelancers I can use.


/Thomas

[dellis]

Well....the problem is...the company that i work for aren't the ones who hold the copyright for the animations....i don't think. They are all forensic animations so the clients are really the plaintiffs/defendents in the court cases. Not the lawyers, not my company..maybe the insurance company if they paid for it...isn't it whoever pays for the work?

Syclone....go Flames....we're all rooting for them down here too.

[Syclone1]

Well....the problem is...the company that i work for aren't the ones who hold the copyright for the animations....i don't think. They are all forensic animations so the clients are really the plaintiffs/defendents in the court cases. Not the lawyers, not my company..maybe the insurance company if they paid for it...isn't it whoever pays for the work?

Syclone....go Flames....we're all rooting for them down here too.

lol Tkx Dwayne, theres huge parties all the time down here even if we loose Anyway on the forensic animations I would check to make sure that your Co is not under an NDA with there clients esp for those kinds of animations. Or If you have a good relationship with your clients try asking them for the rights to use the material for personal use.

-dave
GO FLAMES GO

[richard_rosenman]

You should ask your client if you can display your work in your portfolio. If they say no, it's no. If you do so anyways, you can be sued.

Believe me, we have done many tests/pitches/jobs for some clients who consider it confidential, and sometimes ask us to sign an NDA.

If you outline it in your contract BEFORE you take the job and the client agrees, then it's ok. Otherwise, you must ask permission, even though the work was produced by you.

-Richard

[percydaman]

ya theres absolutley NOTHING wrong with adding in your contract with a customer that any work you do for them can and may be added to a personal reel. Applies more to freelance work obviously. If you dont work for yourself, then I think you just need to cross your fingers and ask.



percy

[Syclone1]

I usually have a line stating that my Co may use any of the produced material for marketing purposes in my quotes. 9 out of 10 there usually is no problem.

-dave

[dellis]

Thanks to everyone who posted...i feel a bit better about the whole thing now...or at least a bit more educated.