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Originally Posted by Patt Legg
I am so honored and fortunate that I can do what I absolutely love to do and be compensated somewhat with it.
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Me, too!
As for the contract issues, we have to be consistent and insistent. I had a prolonged contract issue a couple of years ago with a lawyer in charge of contracts for the commissioning institution. He wanted to take my copyright away, and acted as though I was a starving artist and he was doing me a favor by paying me such a high price. I replied that I was taking a cut in my usual fee to conform to their standard payment, and that I didn't appreciate the fact that, on top of that, he was trying to take my copyright away. I ended up keeping the important rights, but I felt he was deliberately creating a power struggle. Later I found out that another artist who did work for the same institution at the same price had no trouble with the copyright!
It opened my eyes to the possibility that people might accept something without blinking from one person, and give someone else a lot of trouble. It is best to be totally confident, firm, but pleasant. And don't be afraid of losing the comission even if you could really use the money.