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No Spec
2006-12-22 01:35:17 Eastern

Writers, designers, and photographers often face requests (or even demands) for spec work in which you do the project, submit it, and only then learn if it will be used and you will be paid. It's a ridiculous concept, and it seems that some designers have created a web site - www.no-spec.com - to post warnings of high-profile spec projects and to exhort others to resist the trend. We applaud their efforts.
   -- The Contracts Committee

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