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No pay/low pay internships are illegal in California. The U.S. DoL utilizes the below listed criteria, as created by the U.S.S.C. (Walling v. Portland Terminal Co. (1947) 330 U.S. 148), to determine whether a person is really an intern, or whether they are an employee who must be paid and treated according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): 1. The training is similar to that which would be given in a vocational school; 2. The training is for the benefit of the trainee; 3. The trainees do not displace regular employees, and work under close observation; 4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees and on occasion the employer’s operations may actually be impeded. Text http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ne... Long story short interns are not a source of free/low pay labor so proceed carefully as the wage and hour folk have no sense of humor and often link the information to the IRS which includes an element of personal liability. there may be issues of copyright abuse but you'll need a lawyer that knows IPR law (garden verity lawyers are not qualified)

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