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Hello, I am an independent freelance video producer, and I have a small problem with a client concerning "Do-Not-Compete" contracts. Here is my question: Is it legal for a client (freelance based) to withhold payment on a product already finished and delivered, until you sign a do not...

Thanks, but I have asked and they are not allowing me to use the video on my website. They are a production company that hires freelancers to actually do the production. I assume that they do not want their clients to know that they are not the actual creative drive behind their products...

Thelawprofessor, I never signed an agreement with the company. I have been researching copyright law at copyright.gov. It states that if the work was done as an independent contractor, and not an employee or work-for-hire, the contractor owns the copyrights. Is this correct? I was...

I am an independent video editor, and I work as an independent contractor with a large production company. I have NEVER signed any type of "work-for-hire" agreement, not am I an employee (I receive 1099-misc forms). My question is if I shoot, edit, design graphics and create a DVD for my...

thank you, your honor! I guess I will have to beg and plea for them to let me use it. I would assume a written agreement would be best in this situation?

I am a freelance video producer in San Antonio, TX. I have shot and edited video for a production company in Oklahoma City, OK and I was wondering if I can use video I shot as a freelance contract laborer, that is copyrighted by the company I shot for. The footage is not being sold, or...