I would opine that it would be different if the secretary provided her own office, bought her own computer and printer, bought her own software --all purchase decisions made in the interest of whatever would provide her with the most competitive output-- and otherwise provided for herself everything she needed to do the job. This is the case with most music engravers, I feel certain.
If I were to guess, the original illustration about a secretary assumed such a scenario. If she simply showed up at work to use her employer's facilities, etc. I don't think she'd have any rights to anything at all as regards data files. Richard > From: John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm afraid, David, that in the real world any secretary who claimed > such a right would be in the unemployment office the next day. A > secretary is hired to do a job involving a range of services, > probably with a job description that may or may not accurately > reflect his/her actual duties, and likely with a set of objective > standards (hah!) to measure his/her effeciency. Some of ours are > worded like this: "Forwards mail and telephone contacts to the > correct person 90% of the time within 24 hours." Burocrats think > like that! How would you like a measure like that of your skill in > engraving with Finale? > > A secretary is not hired to produce printed output, but to perform > all needed services covered by the job description. A secretary has > no ownership of his/her "work product," and I doubt that any lawyer > would make such a claim. OK, I take that back; any lawyer will make > any claim for money. This is yet another situation which is not > "just like engraving music." _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
