It's funny, but all he did was write an email response back to them.  Then he made a screenshot of it, and that's what he tweeted.  Back and forths are always funnier.

The best part is all the exposure he's getting since he refused to work for free.

As a musician, I am often asked to play "for the exposure."
My reply?
"Exposure" is something you die from when your boat sinks or you get lost in a snowstorm.

"Exposure" is something that will get you arrested especially if it is indecent exposure 

even the NFL is of like mind
http://www.mtv.com/news/1904304/why-is-the-nfl-asking-rihanna-and-katy-perry-for-money/

Shared on twitter - thanks for posting!
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What really irritates me is that Showtime and the NFL are huge, rich megacorporations who have paid everyone else for everything else, but they expect only certain people (artists) to either work for free or pay for the privilege of working.

i'm recently seeing a boom in online naming and shaming and it's a worrying trend.

first of all, is it legal ?
NO !

secondly, is it professional ?
NO !

so what do we do ?
if the trend keeps going on my forecast is negative from any perspective, we're slowly getting used to live in a society where you will soon need to record everything you say or write or do for fear of being exposed in public and online, and by domino effect nobody will trust anybody.

And what's unprofessional about warning of multimillion corporations wanting creatives to work for nothing?

Re EmberMike's post, Mayweather is the highest paid athlete precisely because of the Showtime deal:
"Floyd Mayweather announced Tuesday that he is climbing back into the ring May 4 to face off against Robert �The Ghost� Guerrero. The fight was expected, but the real surprise came with the news that Mayweather would leave long-time partner HBO for a pay-per-view deal with Showtime Networks. The six-fight, 30-month deal was called the �richest individual athlete deal in all of sports� in a press release."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/02/20/floyd-mayweather-hits-jackpot-with-new-showtime-ppv-dea
(press release link takes to something else now.)

He was asked to enter a competition to get his work published for free by a huge commercial enterprise. Not even guaranteed that he'd get the 'exposure' even if he made the effort to produce new work.

This is in a totally different league than small charities asking for use of a Flickr photo which already exists.

guys, i'm not referring to defamation but about publishing private emails in public, that's a breach of trust and totally unprofessional and also illegal in some EU countries, no idea about the US but i don't think you're allowed to post private emails, private images, etc, especially about your ex girlfriend or whatever, let alone confidential business stuff of your employer.

if i ever posted some internal emails when i was working in a corporate job i would get fired on the spot, sued, and rightfully so.

this guy has all my support regarding his crusade against cheapskate clients but i wonder if he'll lose customers doing so, who will trust him knowing he could defame you in public as he did in the past ?

i mean, even the micro agencies would delete our accounts if we publish some confidential information we received via private emails with their drones.

now he's praised as a hero by fellow designers but about his clients ? if i was a client i would scared dealing with people that can't control his emotions and need to vent in public giving me a bad image and making me lose face.

i'm recently seeing a boom in online naming and shaming and it's a worrying trend.

first of all, is it legal ?
NO !

secondly, is it professional ?
NO !

so what do we do ?
if the trend keeps going on my forecast is negative from any perspective, we're slowly getting used to live in a society where you will soon need to record everything you say or write or do for fear of being exposed in public and online, and by domino effect nobody will trust anybody.

You are out of wack with the situation. You sound like a soccer mum out in Oclahoma that hat her first internet connection last year.
The internet has been full of illegal things for 15 years it is only recently that laws have been made to save the net from  being the wild west.

guys, i'm not referring to defamation but about publishing private emails in public, that's a breach of trust and totally unprofessional and also illegal in some EU countries, no idea about the US but i don't think you're allowed to post private emails, private images, etc, especially about your ex girlfriend or whatever, let alone confidential business stuff of your employer.

I still don't know what employer you're talking about. He seems to be self-employed.

Here is the law as it stands in the US:
http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/publication-private-facts
The relevant section in this case is:
"Elements of a Private Facts Claim
A plaintiff must establish four elements to hold someone liable for publication of private facts:
    1. Public Disclosure: The disclosure of facts must be public. Another way of saying this is that the defendant must "give publicity" to the fact or facts in question.
    2. Private Fact: The fact or facts disclosed must be private, and not generally known.
    3. Offensive to a Reasonable Person: Publication of the private facts in question must be offensive to a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities.
    4. Not Newsworthy: The facts disclosed must not be newsworthy. Stated differently, the facts disclosed must not be a matter of legitimate public concern."

I'd say the hypothetical 'reasonable person' wouldn't be offended by this, but that's only my opinion.

However, this issue is certainly a 'matter of legitimate public concern'.

And what's unprofessional about warning of multimillion corporations wanting creatives to work for nothing?

Re EmberMike's post, Mayweather is the highest paid athlete precisely because of the Showtime deal:
"Floyd Mayweather announced Tuesday that he is climbing back into the ring May 4 to face off against Robert �The Ghost� Guerrero. The fight was expected, but the real surprise came with the news that Mayweather would leave long-time partner HBO for a pay-per-view deal with Showtime Networks. The six-fight, 30-month deal was called the �richest individual athlete deal in all of sports� in a press release."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/02/20/floyd-mayweather-hits-jackpot-with-new-showtime-ppv-dea
(press release link takes to something else now.)

He was asked to enter a competition to get his work published for free by a huge commercial enterprise. Not even guaranteed that he'd get the 'exposure' even if he made the effort to produce new work.

This is in a totally different league than small charities asking for use of a Flickr photo which already exists.

I have been noticing a big trend in these "competitions." I notice things on TV too: like "take a picture of your pizza and send it in and we'll use it in our advertising" or some such nonsense. Since the quality of images now includes cellphone snaps, corporations seem to be capitalizing on Joe Schmo's naivete when it comes to photo usage/no compensation but promises of fame.