If I performed a service for a Network at a set price but they backed out half way, what are my rights?
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If I performed a service for a Network at a set price but they backed out half way, what are my rights?
I am a content creator on YouTube. I struck an advertisement deal with a network and there was an agreed price of $500 for my services. I created the content promised in our verbal agreement and was paid $200, so they shorted me $300. The owner of the network that I created this deal with has since backed down as network owner and the remaining owners refuse to finish the business deal. I have no idea how to continue and be paid for my services and they are now threatening me with lawyers.
Asked on February 16, 2017 under Business Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If there was an agreement as to services and price/compensation, that agreement was a contract. Contracts, even if they were oral (that is, unwritten; "oral" is the correct term, not "verbal") are enforceable in court: you could sue, such as in small claims court as your own attorney, for "breach of contract"--if you did your part (created the content requested), they are contractually obligated to pay you the full, agreed-upon amount. If they did not, you could sue for the difference.
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