Re: FN-FORUM contract issue

date posted 6th September 2002 14:55

I've seen this lots of times over the years. Unless it was mentioned in a
contract, the .flas belong to the agency, not the client.

Paul Ford
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian MacTaggart" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM contract issue


> I have a potential client that needs a Flash site updated. To do this I
need
> the original .fla files, however the agency that originally worked on the
> site have the files and say they have right of ownership.
>
> I checked if rights to ownership was written in to the original contract,
> and my (potential) client is not sure if there was even a contract.
> Therefore what rights does he have to get the .flas if either:
>
> a) There was never a contract
>
> b) There was a contract but nothing was stated with regards to ownership
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
> Adrian.
>
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