AUTHOR'S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: Samples of Unfair Terms & Conditions in Authors' Rights Contracts

What does an unfair contract look like? See the samples below:

Sample I is from an international news organisation based in the US.

Sample II is from a news agency in Madrid, Spain.

Sample III is from a news magazine in Madrid, Spain.

Sample IV is a freelance contract for a German newspaper based in Ludwigshafen.

Sample V is from a German publishing house.

Sample VI is from a German scientific magazine.

For more information about unfair contracts, please visit the IFJ Authors' Rights Campaign.