Portfolio/Reel Legal Rights and NDAs
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The following is not legal advice, but it is my experience:
If you’re using it to apply for jobs? Fuck ‘em, use what you want. Make it non-public. A private Vimeo link with a password that you send to employers directly is fine.
Here’s the thing, usually for you to be liable that means “liable for damages” which means they would probably have to prove they lost money because of your reel. Fat chance! You don’t want to get into a lawsuit hassle, but really think about how hard it is to prove losses directly related to a reel.
Now, if you’re planning on starting your own company and using it as your portfolio to share with clients, that’s probably misrepresenting a little and might be easier to make a case against you if you were really successful with that real. Still, unlikely.
Finally, if your reel accidentally leaked some kind of private corporate information (eg. a new product that hasn’t been announced, or even just the private plans of a public company) then you could be liable for damages and possibly even in violation of insider trading laws.
- Thanks. I'll really only be using this to apply for jobs so I really doubt anything will be done about it.eighteen
- I will be trying to do freelance though, definitely wont be poaching their clients or anything. It could be interpreted that way i guess...eighteen
- What I want to use is examples of my animation work, rigging stuff and logo reveals. I'll be showing my boss a reel of the latter to get approval but...eighteen
- In terms of character rigs they dont share any private or copyrighted info so I'm not worried.eighteen