Re: There's more

[Steve Wargo] "Here's what the lawyer said: If I shoot a job for Xerox, I own the copyright to the images. They own the rights to use the images forever and into perpetuity. I do not own the rights to USE the images, only the copyright of the images."

OK. But obviously, their rights of use don't extend to what doesn't exist. Your place burns down after the completion and delivery of the production they hired you for - now what? "Owning the rights of use" is not ownership, otherwise your fire is really going to cost you. The content producer owns the copyright AND the rights of use which he grants only to the client. If that weren't the case, archiving anything for a client would be a time-bomb.