Nov 3, 2019 07:45:58 AM by Christine B
Hello,
If I am doing ghostwriting and no longer own the rights to my work, can I send those pieces as samples to future clients? I am not posting them anywhere on my profile, just submitting them with proposals.
Thanks!
Nov 3, 2019 09:13:39 AM by Ahmad H
You can ask your client for whome you worked if client allows you can submit your work in portfolio.
Getting client's permission will be good.
Nov 4, 2019 02:07:30 AM by Polina S
Hello Christine,
I would suggest this:
If you have signed an agreement between yourself and your client, you must get written permission from your client to share samples.
If you don't have signed an agreement with your client, you may show just parts of the content and NEVER the whole.
Best wishes,
Polina
Nov 4, 2019 11:20:07 AM by Douglas Michael M
Polina S wrote:Hello Christine,
I would suggest this:
If you have signed an agreement between yourself and your client, you must get written permission from your client to share samples.
If you don't have signed an agreement with your client, you may show just parts of the content and NEVER the whole.
Best wishes,Polina
On what basis do you suggest using content one does not own and for which one cannot without express permission claim authorship?
Nov 5, 2019 06:40:04 AM by Polina S
I think you didn't read carefully what I wrote.
It is on the basis of having a written agreement with the client or not.
Nov 5, 2019 08:47:26 AM by Petra R
Polina S wrote:I think you didn't read carefully what I wrote.
It is on the basis of having a written agreement with the client or not.
Exactly.
If you have permission, you can use it.
If you don't have permission, you can't use *any* of it. Not a part, nothing.
You suggested that using a part without permission is fine.
That's like stealing part of a cake from a bakery, and thinking it's fine because you didn't steal the whole cake.
Nov 8, 2019 07:28:53 AM by Tiffany S
Polina S wrote:I think you didn't read carefully what I wrote.
It is on the basis of having a written agreement with the client or not.
Except, of course, that if you are working through Upwork, the default terms pass all rights to the client. So if you DON'T have an explicit contract that says otherwise, you definitely DON'T have the right to do anything at all with the content without permission.
Dec 18, 2019 01:42:15 PM by Luigi C
Christine, you highlight an interesting conundrum. People ask for examples of your work, but if you don't have the right to share examples of your work, you can't provide evidence.
I think, knowing that now, the option (and I am noting it for my own reference) is to ask people when you finish an assignment if they will allow you to show parts of your work to future clients, solely in order to help them in establishing your suitability for their projects. That then benefits everyone and also increases the chances they will agree and you don't have to chase them after the event. Just make it a standard practice and ONLY use it for the specific purpose they approved.