In other words, it would be spelled out in the contract. And if it weren't spelled out in the contract that specific electronic format were to be delivered, then upon subsequent request by the author, the secretary would still be in the same position as the engraver is. It would be within the secretary's right to demand extra money or even refuse to deliver the files.
I realize that the secretary might be badmouthed among the author's circle of acquaintances and might lose work, just as the engraver will be badmouthed among the composer's circle of acquaintances.
Or do I detect an undercurrent among the replies that people now think that delivering finale files are part and parcel of any engraving job these days?
I thought we had hashed all this out years ago (maybe things have changed) that the electronic finale files remain the property of the engraver unless specified in the contract.
Johannes Gebauer wrote:
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
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