new art originals.com scam advice
new art originals.com scam advice aims to help you eliminate your art world worries. With so many suspect offers and sites pooping sorry popping up it is important to suss out who the genuine ones are. We get so many concerns over companies in web forums. Please remember most of what is discussed in web forums is a personal opinion at best and complete rubbish at worst! So it is important you stay safe by only dealing with companies you have checked YOURSELF. If you follow these simple steps you are on the right track.
1. Always ask for a company registration number in the UK Companies House lists ALL genuine UK companies and a simple search will suss out who’s genuine. Ours is 5955838. Most foreign companies will have their own registration system too. If they are not registered STAY CLEAR!
2. Ask for a VAT number. Most established companies will have one of these. Ours is 906 1605 47. This is provided by Customs and Excise. Once again if the are not registered they may be ok but chances are they are either too small, inexperienced or a scam so STAY CLEAR!
3. Call them up. Yes it’s simple. If you can’t get a human being STAY CLEAR!
Incidently A New Art Scam alert was raised by a client recently regarding Web Forums .
The concern is over the Terms and conditions on these sites. Ok all sites must have a Terms and conditions by law.But some go to excessive lengths to have rights over your postings. That could mean literally giving away the rights to your artwork,opinions and writings! Be very careful. Here is an example from a well known web Forum (Shame on You!)
“You hereby expressly grant to xxx a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, world-wide, irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, edit, translate, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute and display the Content on, in connection with, or to advertise, promote or archive the web site, and any future features & services for the xxx community, as is necessary for the operation & preservation of xxx & any future features & services for the xxx community, in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed. “
Ok so all websites need some rights over your content to resize images etc or edit innapropiate content. But once again be careful. Even when you are being faced with an apparently ‘free’ website there are pros and cons. You may be giving away the rights to the webmaster to create a big selling book, DVD, or video game. Incidently if a site has no terms and conditions guess what? STAY CLEAR!
new art originals scam advice