client want source files
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- Dcsign
i have done some private work (Designing a web interface). They are requesting the .psd so they can update the site themselves.
Where do i stand with this? Obviously i don;t want to give thme the source material....
- rasp0
sell it to them
- stuff0
Don't give a client anything they haven't paid for.
- stuff0
Unless they're hot and want sex of course.
- Dcsign0
Is there any legal blurb which i can back up why i shouldnt give them the source.
Can't really say'cause i don't want to give it to you'
- rasp0
might be good to find legal blurb, but seeing as you created and own it, seems fair enought to ask for a fee.
- D70
What is in your contract?
- Dcsign0
we did not specify ownership of the source files... but i am assuming when you create something for a client the source file still remains property of the designer.... or am i wrong??
- rasko40
preach 'intellectual property'.
- mbr0
I think it depends on how much you got paid, how much you value your psd, and how much you want them as clients in the future.
Piss them off, they won't come back. Regardless of what mumbo jumbo you preach. They'll simply think they paid you for your work, and therefore they own the final product.
They won't be happy if you say 'no', though.
- Mark780
'mbr' has a good point. Regardless of the legal issues. Legally, your client only has the right to your source files if you signed a contract saying so! ...but do you want to burn any bridges!?!
M.
- ian0
Good points made by all I think. If you want to keep them as clients and you have gotten paid. Why not give them flattened versions of your psd's. Just say that you flattened them when they agreed on the designs.
- ********0
just give em the fuckin file
- ********0
tell them to pay for them or fuck off
- jox0
flatten it and sell it for $3000
hehe
- unknown0
and print it out and frame it... then sell it for another 500...
:)