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They've since taken it down, but I was wondering, is this internship legal?
The disclaimer at the end seems kind of dubious after all the "musts" and stipulations. Plus "we'll teach you a lot" is really vague and it's the only point that doesn't come with any specifics:
Ark sponsors three-month internships offering participants considerable experience in many aspects of documentary production, and currently we're looking for a Post Production Intern to help in our many edit rooms. We'll give you hands-on experience in all aspects of Ass't Editing (logging, ingesting, assembling, etc), but we have a few "musts":
-Must be very interested in Post-Production
-Must be reasonably familiar with Avid
-Must be willing-and-able to work nights 3 nights a week
In exchange, we'll teach you a lot.
Ark Media strives to provide a solid educational experience with its internship program. The spots are unpaid though a daily stipend is provided. School credit is available where applicable. Although we do rely on interns for some general office help, the bulk of the work is in assisting in the editing of our films. Interns are closely supervised and taught new skills that are required in our industry. Interns are not used in place of regular employees and we make every effort to provide a beneficial experience for the interns.
Do the criteria still apply if the intern is earning college credit? Is there more leeway in those cases?
Yes, definitely. For ethical companies, this is usually a requirement. If you are doing the internship as part of the an educational program then you do not have to be paid. There are still requirements that what you are working on is educational though, and this is were the line gets blurred. Fetching coffee or cleaning toilets would not meat the standard of educational, and that is what companies have been nailed for even when they followed the rest of the rules.
Yes, definitely. For ethical companies, this is usually a requirement. If you are doing the internship as part of the an educational program then you do not have to be paid. There are still requirements that what you are working on is educational though, and this is were the line gets blurred. Fetching coffee or cleaning toilets would not meat the standard of educational, and that is what companies have been nailed for even when they followed the rest of the rules.
There in-lies the rub. There are good companies out there but they are always brought down by those who abuse the rights. The 2001 financial issues that brought down many companies due to greed, put a red mark on many firms who did everything right. The issue is a few bad apples spoils all of them.
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