3D ownership. 2004-03-10 - By kim aldis
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No, not necessarily. This will obviously depend on the country you happen
to be working in but generally speaking the data is yours, not your clients
and you're under no obligation to supply it to him. There are, however,
other considerations. Goodwill, how much you care about pissing him off, how
far you're prepared to go to fight for your rights, how big a fist your
client has and how badly he wants the data.
You should fight this quite hard since there are implications that could
affect your ability to bid on future work. I was caught up in something with
a large company some years ago who insisted on my handing over the data so
one of their preferred suppliers could bid a lower price for the job using
data that they readily acknowledged didn't belong to them. It was quite a
fight.
If he insists and you can't fight, you can always compress up the data in a
nice, obscure format, when he queries it tell him that's the way you
arcvhive and the data is no longer on disk. It's messy but it worked for me.
It's also worth pointing out that he'll not only need the software to use
the data, he'll also have a hell of a time figuring out what you've done and
how you've done it.
Can of worms, ultimately no-one wins but it does illustrate the importance
of terms of business contracts, signed up front. Before job starts is the
best time to negotiate rights; it's easier and everyone knows where they are
from the start.
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of darrin
> Sent: 10 March 2004 10:51
> To: 'XSI@(protected)'
> Subject: RE: 3D ownership.
>
> If the client who has paid you money to create the database,
> asks for it, you give it to him. No questions! Unless, in a
> previous agreement, you offered to cut the costs of the
> project but retain all future use of the database and meshes
> etc, you do NOT have ownership of the database. If a plumber
> puts in your pipes for you to use, he cant come over and take
> them for another project.
>
> Darrin Hofmeyr
> animator
> The Refinery
>
> visit http://www.dazland.com for more...
>
>
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Dave [mailto:daveram2@(protected)]
> Sent: 10 March 2004 12:16 PM
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: 3D ownership.
>
>
>
> I don't know how many times this issue has been discussed
> before but...
>
> What's to be done when the client asks you to deliver all the
> 3D databases, meshes, etc...
>
> We know that It's our ownership, but is there a way to point
> at some precedent or law that backs up our rights?
>
> Dave.
>
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