On 14.07.2003 0:31 Uhr, Richard Huggins wrote > 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.
Still, in the real world it doesn't work like this. The typical situation, which is in fact most comparable to the engraving situation is this: Author writes a book, but is computer iliterate. So he just writes it out in barely legible handwriting. Then hires someone to do the typing. In todays world I am sure it would be expected to receive the end result not as paper copies but in digital form, most likely as a word file sent on via email or burned on CD. If the secretary or whatever you would call such a person was now to claim that she would keep the files to herself and would only hand out Bitmaps of the text (or paper copies for that matter) I am pretty sure the author would be very upset, especially if she did this before the author has had a chance for final corrections. This is exactly the situation in my story, which, again, has actually not much to do with myself, who at this stage is merely a spectator. Anyway, this whole thing has now gone completely out of hand, and the two will almost certainly not come to a peaceful agreement. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
