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- ornj
This woman emailed my boss informing him her company was doing work for a client our company did work for a year or so back and she would "appreciate it if he would provide her with the original files for the work we did as soon as we could."
What the hell is the matter with people?
- pluto0
Usually it's the client who asks for the original files for the previous agency
- dinky0
thats not an unusal request happens all the time
it would of been nice for the client to tell you that this is going to happen and also it is part your contract
- Mimio0
We had a client request Flash FLVs the other day. Kinda silly.
- joyride0
normally I don't care. One thing that i base my decision on is if my company name is on the site, or whatever. If it is, no. if not, then it all depends on how i feel about the client...
- ornj0
The client didn't puchase the source files. Had they done this it would be an entirely different matter. Instead they told the designer to contact us to get them.
- mpfree0
tell her to
POUND Na+CL-
- jevad0
fax them to her
- mpfree0
GOD, I could make a million bucks becoming a consultant in this type of shit.
- k0na_an0k0
fax them to her
jevad
(May 3 06, 10:28)that is the best answer i've ever heard!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
- ninjasavant0
agreed, faxing is the best answer.
Perhaps if its not standard industry practice graphic designers should take the same angle as professional photographers. Look on the back of any professiona family portrait, its copyrighted. Photographers hold the copyright to any and all images they produce. You pay for the prints.
When I worked at kinko's we weren't allowed to even consider copying or scanning those pics when people came in. You have to go back to the photographer and pay for the copyright release or just get more prints.
Charge clients for source files, charge them so hard.