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Posted by nappy on 02/16/07 17:32
<rynato@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1171224156.716073.123500@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> apologies if I should have posted this to another newsgroup; this post
> is related to the business end of video production...
>
> I have a client who, through her own foolishness, has chosen to
> terminate our working relationship with a project that is 95%
> completed. She is demanding that in return for final payment, I send
> to her all files associated with the project (presumably so she can
> continue it with someone else).
>
She pays . She gets the files.
> Now, she has no way of knowing what all the files are; I could easily
> send her whatever I want (e.g., flattened Photoshop files, Final Cut
> project files which won't link up with re-named video files, etc) and
> tell her 'that's it, where's my check?'. I have a feeling she will
> demand help with the files, which I will of course refuse; she
> terminated our working relationship and I am under no obligation to
> help her any further with them.
Finish the project for her and deliver it.
>
> What I would really like, however, is as a backup to be able to quote
> back at her my right to the working materials. That is, I contracted
> with her to produce a video and website. I did not contract with her
> to provide the raw footage files or other 'working materials'.
>
> I need a reference to the UCC or whatever other legal citation I can
> show her which proves that I am under no obligation to provide her
> with anything other than a video and a website. Could someone point me
> in the right direction? Googling has not really turned up what I am
> after.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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