Re: Freelance Editing + non competition agreement

Hi Mads, The more I think about it, the more I'm tending to disagree with her and you. She is preventing me from earning a living as a freelance editor. Freelance is just that.. without strings attached (to some extent).

I'd surely be willing to sign an agreement stating I would not seek employment from any of her past clients for a period of time (usually these contracts state a time frame - sometimes one year, sometimes two years) However if her PAST client calls me directly I should be allowed to say yes regardless.

I'd only agree with you if I received a steady flow of work from her with a set number of hours and livable wage.

Total time on the Doc. - over 370 hours, Thousands of clips to import, lower thirds, rewrites, graphics, titles, mixing, changes, etc.... total pay - no exaggeration (I'm an idiot, I know) - $3,800. My fault for accepting these terms, but not ever having worked on anything longer than 12 minutes (besides weddings) I truly didn't know how much work was involved.

My producer (friend) left her contract with PBS over my house a few days ago, - Total payment they paid her - $7,500. She made $3,700 for maybe a total of 60 hours of supervising my drafts and approving lower thirds that the PBS producer made me do over in the long run.

I'd even be willing to sign a contract and give her a finders/agent fee for future PBS if they call me

She sure is taking care of herself and earning her living.... the more I think about it, the less I'm questioning it... I feel I'm right about this. BUT I still respect your opinion and thank you for posting! :)