[thelist] A Standard Contract for Web Designers

I wouldn't mind seeing something like this as well. I'm just getting started
with my own freelance gig and frankly the whole contract realm makes me
really nervous/anxious/edgy.

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Alan McCoy
a.r.mccoy@larc.nasa.gov

"Quitters never win, and winners never quit, but those who never win AND
never quit are idiots."


> I'd sure be interested in seeing your efforts.  Although each person's
> practice will vary, having something to start from would sure be helpful.
> Pass it on.  Those that don't want to use it, won't.
>
> Hugh
> hblair@bigfoot.com
>


> > I'm currently drafting a contract for my start-up web
> > design company.  I've studied several example
> > contracts from around the web and followed with
> > interest contract-related threads here and elsewhere.
> > I'm nearly finished and I was just wondering if
> > any gurus out there would be interested or kind
> > enough to check out what I've come up with, when
> > my imagination took off:
> >
> > Would anyone like to co-operate towards producing
> > some kind of standards-setting public-domain web
> > designers contract?
> >
> > Would there be a demand for such a thing?
> >
> > Would it be possible to make it general enough to cover
> > the different circumstances in which designers work (and
> > the different countries and their legal systems), while
> > keeping it tight enough to be meaningful and binding?
> >
> > Would any lawyer stick their necks out far enough to even
> > glance at it, yet alone give an opinion?  (Surely
> > too much to expect a lawyer to do it for free. ;-)
> >
> > George Dillon
> >
> > -------------------------------------------
> > george@red.media.uk.com