Digital BW, The Print

Dana, doesn't it get a bit trickier though, in this case? I mean, the
image content is actually the photographer's intellectual property. Do
I have some ownership right to the plumbing work I did on it?
Music is clearly intellectual property, does the guy doing the final
mix have some claim of ownership to it as well as the creator?

OK, way OT, better find lunch...
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Dana H. Myers"
<dana.myers@...> wrote:
>
> Bill Morse wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi John-
> > In the case of files that I have prepared, eg a drum scan to
print, or a
> > painting reproduction, I currently don't give the customer the
file, unless
> > they pay extra for it, because I don't want them taking the file
to another
> > printer and printing it for cheap. Have you (or anyone else)
considered
> > this, and how do you protect yourself?
> 
> The music and video companies struggle with this precise issue
> in the on-going DRM wars.
> 
>  From the perspective of the producer, probably the most realistic
> answer is "never give the file away, even if it's protected with DRM".
> 
>  From the perspective of the consumer, the answer seems to be
> "you don't deserve to protect yourself".
> 
> It's not like the twain will never meet; afterall, it's all
> about business at the end of the day.  If someone wants a
> non-DRM protected (plain) file, then you offer to sell it
> to them at a price which yields the entire profit you expect
> to make from that file, ever.
> 
> Dana
>