RE: FLASH: OT: Rates

[Rey, Chrissy]

Price-fixing is no joke.  Individuals and companies can (and have) been sued and/or jailed by the US government for discussing pricing with competitors.  While you may think that prices should be discussed on this forum, a legal-eye from the US Department of Justice may see it as intent to fix the price of Flash services.  A lot of professional organizations have policies to ban discussion of price fixing for this very reason (for one example, check out http://www.hwg.org/lists/rules.html#5) Just be careful, and always consult a qualified lawyer when in doubt!  You can also get more info on price-fixing, and other Antitrust issues from the DOJ web site (http://www.usdoj.gov/atr).


As for the tag off the mattress thing, read the tag :P  The consumer can remove it :)


Just to clarify things a wee bit, I am NOT a lawyer, and this is not meant to be "legal advice."  While I do work for the Department of Justice, I do not work in Antitrust (USTP is Bankruptcy!).  My opinions and contributions to this list do not represent those of the Department of Justice or the Antitrust Division - or the USTP for that matter - just my own. 


Chrissy Rey

Web Developer

United States Trustee Program

United States Dept. of Justice

chrissy [dot] reyusdoj [dot] gov

-----Original Message-----

From:	David Gary 

Sent:	Tuesday, February 09, 1999 2:54 PM

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Subject:	Re: FLASH: OT: Rates


This is about as serious as getting caught, tried and convicted for ripping the

"do not remove" tag off your matress.

I think price rates should very well be discussed on this forum. It seems by

some of the latest "standard rate"

declarations, that we have already started a "Starving Interactive designer's"

establishment. Someone mentioned

$15 bucks an hour? If you can turn on a computer, open Flash and export a

rotating circle, 15 bucks? Your still getting

robbed. Flash is a specialized "cutting edge" technology and should be

explained to any employer or client as such.





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