A. S. I have worked for an unnamed corporation, producing artwork for promotions and such, who forbids me from using their name or my own work even in my own promotional material or resume. I cannot put this work on my own (f'ing) resume or, according to their non-disclosure agreement with me, even tell my wife that I worked for them!
William: Digital Domain tried to get me to sign a contract like that. It was modeled on a contract that Disney employees are forced to sign. I refused to sign the contract. Eventually I was sent home and we negotiated a revised contract where I crossed out the offending paragraph (that said they owned everything I created before or after my employment, in perpetuity, whether or not it was created at work or covered by my job description). Criminal.
William: I was lucky they were so disorganized that when they gave me the intellectual property contract, I just kept forgetting it at home, and then the project ended. Then i was hired back a time or two.
It was a couple years before a new H.R. person went through the personnel files diligently. Then I got abruptly confronted by my manager and sent home right in the middle of the day when I refused to sign the contract on the spot. ISN'T AMERICA A GREAT COUNTRY TO LIVE AND WORK.
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William Schaeffer
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