I worked for an essaywriting company and didn't get paid for a story?

Question

Because I didn't get paid for the story, it would be my property not theirs, right? The conditions of working for the company includes payment for my work, I don't submit work for free.

I worked from home on my own time. They didn't pay me for anything.

Answer 1

If your contract with them states that you get paid for every story you submit for publication and then they did not pay you, it is a breach of contract; that story is considered your property until you are paid.

Answer 2

If you worked from home on your own time as stated, the $ would be your only contract so if they did not pay you and have no plans to pay you for the story, it remains yours. Be careful of those essay writing companies, I personally haven't heard of a completely honest one yet. They receive their money from the Customers and yet will try everything in the law and outside the law to retain that money while very hesitantly and sometimes never paying the people who actually earned the money, the Writers! But, I'm sure you're aware of that now.

Answer 3

Yep, unless you are an independent contractor (freelance), your employer has copyright on all your work, whether paid for individually or not. Now, to prove you're an independent contractor, you must have registered your business with (at least) the municipality in which your work is created or sold. If you haven't done that, and you work solely for this particular employer (eg. you can't prove you worked for anyone else in the past few months), your employer has the rights by virtue of your contract ... especially if you didn't complain in writing immediately after it was published. Even so, your contract probably has a clause in it that gives the employer the rights. Sorry :-(

Answer 4

You were an employee of the company and therefore privy to the terms of your employment contract (which no doubt included that all of the work your produce on their time and submit to the company they own)