I'm seeking legal advice.

[RATED-RKOFRANKLIN]

Hi everybody!

I'm seeking legal advice for hiring artist. I am planning to hire a person or two to do some work for me. I want to make a contract. My plan is to write the contract with the job's details, slavery, and form of payment. I would have the person sign the form and send a scanned copy of it to me through email.

Is this reasonable? If not what should I do?

Thank You

 

[Usagi]

That seems like a lot of work. I'd recommend simply using this excellent site, Elance; you can find talent and work at a cheap hourly rate with a broad range of skills including programmers, marketers, consultants, accountants, mobile developers, designers, writers, admins, etc.

As for your personal request, choose designers and then search specifically for your request, for example, 'game design'.

 

[vociferocity]

"slavery"???

 

[Lunarea]

The best place to find legal advice is a lawyer. I'm not saying this to be difficult, but it's the only place where you'll get completely concrete and final legal advice. You should also look into your local services for small business owners. Some of them offer legal advice and help at a fee lower than what a lawyer would charge.

The contract and commission info varies from artist to artist. In my experience, most artists who do commissions have their own contracts, licenses and TOS. But if they're hired by a larger company, the customer might be writing up a legal contract so it complies with their business practices.

 

[Mouser]

The best place to find legal advice is a lawyer. I'm not saying this to be difficult, but it's the only place where you'll get completely concrete and final legal advice. You should also look into your local services for small business owners. Some of them offer legal advice and help at a fee lower than what a lawyer would charge.

The contract and commission info varies from artist to artist. In my experience, most artists who do commissions have their own contracts, licenses and TOS. But if they're hired by a larger company, the customer might be writing up a legal contract so it complies with their business practices.

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Contract Law isn't that difficult to understand, at least in the US (as in knowing enough to write a legally binding contract), but you should have it explained to you by a lawyer, as they are the only ones really permitted to give legal advice on a matter like this. Laws also vary from state to state and district to district. A scanned signature may be legally binding in one place and not in another.