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“9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off” — real-world strategies for when clients ghost you on payments

Boing Boing
Oct 08, 2025
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9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off, by Raymond Biesinger

When a government agency steals your design style or a concert promoter ghosts you on a $50 Megadeth poster payment, what’s your next move? Raymond Biesinger, veteran illustrator for The New York Times and The New Yorker, transforms two decades of these professional headaches into practical guidan…

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