Re:Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for F...
by gregmac on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:15PM
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It's clear asking a professional to do this and not being up front about paying $0 is unprofessional and a disrespectful waste of time, but I'm not convinced it's actually predatory or abusive.
If someone thinks they'll get more than $their_cost in promotion value, they'll do it. If not, they won't.
If no one does, the production company is going to waste a lot of time and burn their reputation trying to avoid what's probably a relatively small expense compared to the budget of their show.
It would be even worse if someone wrote an article about it.. oops.
Re:Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for F...
by FabianCC on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:26PM
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This.
I see the biggest problem with the email conversation that the person asking was not up front with the 0$ payout in the very first paragraph of the email.
If someone thinks they'll get more than $their_cost in promotion value, they'll do it. If not, they won't.
If no one does, the production company is going to waste a lot of time and burn their reputation trying to avoid what's probably a relatively small expense compared to the budget of their show.
It would be even worse if someone wrote an article about it.. oops.