Return-Path: Received: from mail-wg0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5114063 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:51:38 +0200 Received: by mail-wg0-f44.google.com with SMTP id m15so5790053wgh.35 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:01:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=sUOWGKw0FLl8faxv09nmb57FgF5IqF8i6XxKtPJRnZE=; b=Q8L2fq+j24Sc1UsC5WrgkfYzj6E7yCHsxS52VXPErNe7ocZZfMKB1Ro+q13jsfsX2X JmYsR450jsOrXAMacsCb+SpXexCQL2/LtHNT3SkUy0hT8+b8LS7st6zVcVlrbgB9MaiQ Bd2DXKyciAN2GDG8gprDOzlwG3srOXKwA+/jJiUmkEL2u4Ue1cySl1QcM3Mu3Taopg7G 3JaQ8mO5HNbM6boVGwfkpj0h4zhLlDjct+1mtJQ3XRE4EyU2qTxmqEa4Z+04IHYYgDId +PEDLqpk3aSKKlPFAiuHHLovKDuWk44YwGsVWQgkNujAqUsj/ffXgr9qfMAOI2AV1B2h kd0A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.185.175 with SMTP id fd15mr340351wic.34.1371751309348; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:01:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.151.70 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:01:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:01:49 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Contractors and Source files From: D To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c25db283949804df99bd80 --001a11c25db283949804df99bd80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Have you spoken to the AE guy yet? If not, do so. I was just in the same position as your AE guy just this week. I was prepared to release the source files for a fee, as is to be expected. The person who needed the files called me earlier and agreed the handover fee. He also offered me the related work. It may be as simple as this. On 20 June 2013 18:47, Jim Curtis wrote: > Oh boy, this comes up a lot, and we just discussed it about a month ago. > > I was in your situation once, and I contacted the Ae artist directly, and > asked him nicely to give me his files, which he did. > > I also got off with a warning on two potential traffic tickets two days > ago for sincerely apologizing to the officer for making him get out of his > car in the Texas summer heat. > > Good luck. > > PS. This situation may be covered under "works for hire" in your > jurisdiction, if saying "please" gets you nowhere. > > > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Michael Kedor wrote: > > > Hello Listers, > > > > I have taken over a show for a team that has a contractor that has > handled most of the graphics up to this point. > > > > The idea is for me to complete the edit and graphics for the team. The > original contractor has been paid in full, but does not want to release the > source AE project files. This is kind of a big deal for me since if there > are any tweaks, as surely there will be, I will have to recreate what this > contractor did. > > > > Without knowing the verbiage of the original contract, where does the > ownership begin and end? What rights do the producers have to that source > content? What tactics would you employ to charm the contractor into handing > me his project files? > > > > Thank you kindly for your response. > > > > -Mike > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --001a11c25db283949804df99bd80 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Have you spoken to the AE guy yet? If not, do so. I was ju= st in the same position as your AE guy just this week. I was prepared to re= lease the source files for a fee, as is to be expected. The person who need= ed the files called me earlier and agreed the handover fee. He also offered= me the related work. It may be as simple as this.=A0


On 20 June 20= 13 18:47, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
Oh boy, this comes up a lot, and we just discussed it about a month ago.
I was in your situation once, and I contacted the Ae artist directly, and a= sked him nicely to give me his files, which he did.

I also got off with a warning on two potential traffic tickets two days ago= for sincerely apologizing to the officer for making him get out of his car= in the Texas summer heat.

Good luck.

PS. =A0This situation may be covered under "works for hire" in yo= ur jurisdiction, if saying "please" gets you nowhere.



On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Michael Kedor wrote:

> Hello Listers,
>
> I have taken over a show for a team that has a contractor that has han= dled most of the graphics up to this point.
>
> The idea is for me to complete the edit and graphics for the team. The= original contractor has been paid in full, but does not want to release th= e source AE project files. This is kind of a big deal for me since if there= are any tweaks, as surely there will be, I will have to recreate what this= contractor did.
>
> Without knowing the verbiage of the original contract, where does the = ownership begin and end? What rights do the producers have to that source c= ontent? What tactics would you employ to charm the contractor into handing = me his project files?
>
> Thank you kindly for your response.
>
> -Mike
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