Graphic Artists Guild
Contract Monitor
Congratulations! You've just been awarded the most lucrative (and most interesting) job of your creative career. Just as you start dreaming of multiple exotic vacations, your fax line rings. The contract for the job has arrived! Page after indecipherable page of legal jargon spews from your fax machine to the floor.

Poof! There goes your daydream. Your Hawaiian vacation might be spent reading this contract!

Relax! The Graphic Artists Guild is on your side! We've created this website to help you. This website corresponds with the free electronic newsletter, the Contract Monitor. With these pages, you can learn to read a contract, learn to understand the contracts you receive, and learn to write your own contracts in order to protect your copyrights. Never work without a contract again!

 

Disclaimer: This information is true and accurate as of the dates specified, to the best of our knowledge and belief, and is provided by the Graphic Artists Guild to help artists make informed choices.