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Re:Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for F... by calibas on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:04PM (#27054222)
>The "pay" comes in the exposure and authority the photographer will build after doing this.

This is the line every questionable business uses when trying to get freelancers to work for free. It's well-known and despised.

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Re:Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for F... by supernova87a on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:46PM (#27056225)
If it's well-known, then why do people agree to it?
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Re:Netflix's “Love Is Blind” Wants Unpaid Photographer for F... by calibas on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @08:17PM (#27057607)
When you're new to freelancing, you generally have a lot of free time and it's better to take any job, even unpaid, than do nothing at all. It's more out of desperation than someone actually believing unpaid work is fair.

Edit: For a little perspective. Whatever job you do, please come to me and do it for free, I'll post a good review for you online.

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