[Jack Maschka]

“If they want the project as-is, and, again, have paid for the post production time to date, I see it much like (to tie the room together) as me moving off one construction site to another. The building is theirs and they can do what they want with it.”

Sure. The final output is theirs, ie. the video/animation. But not the tools to use it. Most of the time they’re hired for a final product.

A construction worker wouldn’t build a house then give the patron all his vehicles and tools when he was done. He/she would take them to the next job.

Another way to look at it: a factory builds a product and sells it to a customer. But just because the customer bought the product, it doesn’t mean he/she owns the building.

They paid for the product and the labor. If you’re going to send your files, I would highly recommend to everyone that they should be charging for it.

Cheers,

– J