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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PatrickLawinger" data-source="post: 3556267" data-attributes="member: 2735">A number of freelancers have "gotten the shaft" over the years and usually the names of the publishers in question only come out in private conversations among artists and writers. Over the past 4 years I am owed almost $5,000 from a variety different publishers, several out of business and a few somehow continuing on (without paying me). Turning something over to an attorney for collections can work sometimes (as someone said above, they'll usually charge 20-30 %). If you don't get anything from it, a few letters from your lawyer can pretty much ruin a company's credit rating-only something that hurts larger folks that actually do print runs, etc. on credit. If the publisher is small and "shoe string" it won't have much effect.Really, most won't "go public" as sometimes the publisher is having real problems (personal or otherwise) and is really trying. I did get a lawyer involved when one publisher went belly-up and then, promptly, tried to open a new company. It did put a quick end to the new company, but it is a sign that there are some unsavory types you can run into.You have to remember, if you are very loud and public about disagreements with a publisher, no matter how well deserved, there is a good chance other publishers might not want to work with you.Patrick (one of those Necromancer Games' guys ...)</blockquote>