Google is having artists make customs skins for its Chrome browser app , which is pretty cool . Much less cool , however , is that one of the biggest companies in the world refuses to pay the artists .
Many of the install creative person are refusing to hand over their piece of work to Google for no immediate payment based on promises of devoid photograph .
“ I have done talent add-in for Target that are in stores countrywide and liveliness for Nickelodeon that run 24 hours a day worldwide on cable TV , ” Melinda Beck , an illustrator who is based in Brooklyn , write in an e - mail message to Google pooh-pooh its offer . “ Both of these caper were eminent - profile and give my workplace keen exposure but both clients still paid me . ”
It ’s tough to see Google ’s place as reasonable here . Sure , these artist will get exposure , but if they ca n’t get pay by Google , who will pay them ? The pay - in - pic great deal is something you see offered by student films looking for histrion and novel publication with no money looking for writers , and it ’s only justifiable when the employers in question are completely unable to ante up for work , and even then it ’s confutative . But Google ? Google can afford it . Exposure is great , but as anyone who ’s ever essay to make money on the internet can tell you , you ca n’t yield your rent with photo .
Whatever happened to “ Do n’t Be vicious , ” Google ? [ NY Times ]
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