On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Simon Troup wrote:
Still, considering the work that goes into templates and libraries, I'm suprised that submission of finale files isn't a hot topic. I'd be very concerned that composers wouldn't gut the files and use them as templates, then just call me in for the difficult stuff!
It IS a hot topic. The sentiment among the pros on the list is generally that the Finale files are work product, (while the paper or PDF copy is the deliverable) and a copyist shouldn't give them away unless adequately compensated.
Actually, I don't care enough about the secrecy of my libraries even if I have spent a lot of time on them, and I DO give them away to anyone who asks, particularly colleagues and students. If they like my settings and copy them, then the world just may be a cleaner, neater, more understandable place for musicians around that person, and I am comfortable with that. I have benefitted from more experienced fellow Finale users sharing their settings, techniques and libraries, and I will freely pass them on for the benefit of the world at large (yes my ego really is that big!)
What I WON'T do, though, is give a client the work product files so that he or she can make an end run around me to another contractor, or change my content without my permission (actually the latter is more my concern.) This is the same as a photographer not giving away the negatives to a client. You have to go back to him for more prints, or compensate him for the work he will undoubtedly lose from giving them to you. In reality, I use so many custom fonts that my Finale files would be unusable on another computer anyway.
Christopher
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