http://www.no-spec.com/archives/the-zehnkatzen-times-on-nospec/ Join the NO!SPEC campaign and say NO to spec Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:41:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.no-spec.com/archives/the-zehnkatzen-times-on-nospec/#comment-21 kathleen maguire Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:37:47 +0000 http://www.no-spec.com/?p=73#comment-21 Yes, I answered one of these "competitions" when I was broke. I have great illustration and graphics skills. The email address I sent my beautifully crafted and well presented work to just disappeared when it was time to "judge" the work and "reward" the "winner". Good work gone to at best nothing, or at worst hustlers. Copyright means nothing to an international company that is not required to honor it. Hard lessons. Thanks for the forum. I haven't worked again without a contract. Craigslist is full of these ads and worse-"internships, great exposure, portfolio piece", etc. I've gone the art rep route to save time and hassles. Yes, I answered one of these “competitions” when I was broke. I have great illustration and graphics skills. The email address I sent my beautifully crafted and well presented work to just disappeared when it was time to “judge” the work and “reward” the “winner”. Good work gone to at best nothing, or at worst hustlers. Copyright means nothing to an international company that is not required to honor it. Hard lessons. Thanks for the forum. I haven’t worked again without a contract. Craigslist is full of these ads and worse-”internships, great exposure, portfolio piece”, etc.
I’ve gone the art rep route to save time and hassles.

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