Ripped Off: What to Do When Your Creative Work Is Used Without Permission

Freelance Fitness is your weekly 10-minute movement break designed for creative freelancers, voice actors, designers, writers, editors, and anyone who spends their days creating, producing, and problem-solving. Hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost, each episode blends mindset coaching, creative productivity, and simple exercises you can do anywhere.

Having your creative work ripped off is something many creative freelancers are worried about.

Unfortunately, these situations aren’t rare.

And “ripped off” can mean a lot of things.

It can look like:

• A client who just… never pays
• Your work being reused beyond the scope of the contract
• Or outright IP theft — someone claiming your work as their own

And we also have to acknowledge the current reality: AI has made it easier than ever to be ripped off — often with less clear recourse.

So what can we actually do — realistically — and without becoming paranoid - to reduce how often this happens, and how much damage it does?

Link to Canadaland episode "The Freelancer's Guide to Getting Revenge When You've Been Ripped Off"

Running posture checklist is here.

Links to warm up exercise guides are here: Hamstring Sweeps, Dynamic Knee Hugs, Dynamic Quad Stretch.

Links to cooldown stretches are here: Standing Figure Four, Standing Hamstring Stretch, Static Quad Stretch.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

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To learn more about my voiceover services — including commercial, corporate, e-learning, and narration work — visit www.alisonpentecost.com. Questions or feedback? Email podcast@alisonpentecost.com or connect with me on LinkedIn.