Comments on: TVA Publications takes free out of freelancing http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IL ÉTAIT TEMPS !! - Aquaplanant http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/comment-page-1/#comment-59875 IL ÉTAIT TEMPS !! - Aquaplanant Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:18:12 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3740#comment-59875 [...] http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/ [...] [...] http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/ [...]

]]> By: S’informer sur la Rue Frontenac « Gina Desjardins http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/comment-page-1/#comment-59861 S’informer sur la Rue Frontenac « Gina Desjardins Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:27:02 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3740#comment-59861 [...] a récemment demandé aux pigistes des magazines de TVA Publications (lire Steve Proulx et Fagstein à ce sujet) de signer un contrat où ils lèguent tous leurs droits? Est-ce que leurs textes se [...] [...] a récemment demandé aux pigistes des magazines de TVA Publications (lire Steve Proulx et Fagstein à ce sujet) de signer un contrat où ils lèguent tous leurs droits? Est-ce que leurs textes se [...]

]]> By: Michèle http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/comment-page-1/#comment-59316 Michèle Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:54:44 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3740#comment-59316 Inacceptable. Je vous appuie vous et tous les pigistes. J'ai déjà été journaliste pigiste il y a longtemps, maintenant artiste pigiste. Unacceptable. I support you and all freelancers (not that free, it seems...) Inacceptable. Je vous appuie vous et tous les pigistes. J'ai déjà été journaliste pigiste il y a longtemps, maintenant artiste pigiste.

Unacceptable. I support you and all freelancers (not that free, it seems...)

]]> By: Jean Naimard http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/comment-page-1/#comment-59280 Jean Naimard Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:03:32 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3740#comment-59280 I don’t think the Civil Code could allow such a complete negation of writer’s rights. This is clearly a case of bourgeois thinking who believes he can impose common law in Québec. (Hint: common law states that a store owner can post a sign saying "not responsible for lost articles" in a cloackroom, and thus being totally absolved of responsibility for a stolen cloak. The same sign with the civil code has absolutely no value, the store owner is responsible about it no matter what he claims). But IANAL nor I play one on the Intarweb. * * * This could have interesting parallels with websites that house “user-generated content”. I’ll let others elaborate more on this. I don’t think the Civil Code could allow such a complete negation of writer’s rights. This is clearly a case of bourgeois thinking who believes he can impose common law in Québec.

(Hint: common law states that a store owner can post a sign saying "not responsible for lost articles" in a cloackroom, and thus being totally absolved of responsibility for a stolen cloak. The same sign with the civil code has absolutely no value, the store owner is responsible about it no matter what he claims). But IANAL nor I play one on the Intarweb.

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This could have interesting parallels with websites that house “user-generated content”. I’ll let others elaborate more on this.

]]> By: Anne Marie Parent http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/01/19/tva-publications-freelance-agreement/comment-page-1/#comment-59231 Anne Marie Parent Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:56:48 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3740#comment-59231 Hello, Speaking of peanuts... Some freelancers recall being paid between $100 to $125 a "feuillet" (250 words) 10 years ago. Now, TVA-Publications offer from $65 to $100 (only for long term collaborators because the newcomers are paid max. $80). Per word, this means $0.40 to $0.50, in the good old days, and from $0.26 to $0.40 per word nowadays... If we don't sign, TVA-Pub will "flush" us. Like it happened to many of us in 2000 with journal Voir, which asked us to sign a similar contract, forcing us to renounce to our rights, to be able to publish without paying us again our articles in every version of regional Voir papers, and also on cedrom-sni (www.eureka.cc). SCANDALOUS! But what can we do???? Any ideas? Hello,
Speaking of peanuts... Some freelancers recall being paid between $100 to $125 a "feuillet" (250 words) 10 years ago. Now, TVA-Publications offer from $65 to $100 (only for long term collaborators because the newcomers are paid max. $80). Per word, this means $0.40 to $0.50, in the good old days, and from $0.26 to $0.40 per word nowadays...
If we don't sign, TVA-Pub will "flush" us. Like it happened to many of us in 2000 with journal Voir, which asked us to sign a similar contract, forcing us to renounce to our rights, to be able to publish without paying us again our articles in every version of regional Voir papers, and also on cedrom-sni (www.eureka.cc). SCANDALOUS! But what can we do???? Any ideas?

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