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Originally Posted by prepress_brillance_43
the print shop wont release the previous year's art to the school. I've heard of shops doing this in an attempt to keep the account and I think it is WRONG. The art is the property of the CLIENT.
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If the client supplied the artwork to the printer, then it is the client's property. However, I feel that if the printer created the files (from scratch) in order to get the job, the files belong to the printer. The customer could purchase these files at a mutually agreed-upon price if they want to take the job elsewhere.
When I got married, I hired a photographer. This was before everyone was digital, so he shot film. His policy (and this is standard practice, I believe) was that the negatives were his property. He held onto them for 5 years, at which time he gave us the option of purchasing the negs for $100. If we declined, the negs were tossed. Seems perfectly fair to me.
