Don't compromise. Take the hard line stance. You may lose that particular
job, but you may end up getting it along with increased respect from your
client. I had a similar situation occur a couple of months ago. When I was
offered a *badly* needed job, but with conditions I considered unacceptable,
I wrote back a rejection letter outlining my objections and listing my
requirements along with my reasoning as to why my requirements were
non-negotiable. The company wrote back not only agreeing to my terms,
but added a few additional benefits I hadn't asked for. They said that after
reading the letter, they realized that they *really* wanted me to do the work
and added the extras to emphasize the point. It could have easily gone the
other way with them turning me down, but as it turned out, we both felt much
better afterwards.
Tom Fosson
At 09:12 AM 9/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi gang,
>
>Remember a short time back when we had the discussion about copyrighting our
>works? I believe it was Brent who'd done a site, then someone else modified
>it and he could no longer use it on his resume.
>
>I'm in somewhat of a quandary. Typically when I do a site, I add a little
>line at the bottom of the pages, at least the major pages, stating that the
>site was designed and maintained by TLW Enterprises. I use a -2 font. I
have
>the copyright listed as the business and myself. No one has ever
complained.
>
>This customer doesn't want any of that, and is so serious about it that I
>might not get the job if I push it. His only reason given is that if I do
>work for him, it should belong to him. I've tried to use the analogy that if
>I paint a portrait for him, I still did the work, but that floats like a lead
>balloon.
>
>It's a big job for me, several thousand US dollars (even though that's
another
>issue he's beating me over the head with, but I've dug in my heals). How do
>you get credit for your work so you can assure potential customers that you
>did the site? Is a link in your online portfolio to the site enough? Will a
>meta author tag listing me as suffice? I know I can take a hard-line stance,
>and reasoning with the guy is getting me nowhere. Does anyone have a
>compromise that I can propose?
>
>Linda Wishman
>TLW Enterprises
>http://www.win.bright.net/~twishman/
>
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