The Logic Off Topic list

At 11:02 Uhr +0200 22.04.2003, Oblivian | Bacteria AS wrote:
>Why do you give the RAW files to a client? I think the client is only
>entitled to a "master", but that depends on each contract I guess. Also, it
>depends on what projects you are refering to, studio sessions or what...?

Say you produced their album and ten or twenty years down the line 
(I'm not in the business that long, but one of my clients/colleagues 
is) they need a remix and you've lost their production due to a 
serious hardware crash (I am not making this up unfortunately...)

Wouldn't it then be better to tell them, well... you had the stuff... 
not that it's about the blame game, but if you produce several 
artists a year, all this can add up and be a huge responsibility (I'm 
talking careers of the artists obviously) and maybe even result in 
some legal issues...

Anyway, I'm rambling, but this is rather serious..

Cheers
Hans