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[QUOTE="JoeH, post: 133654, member: 19268"]
With or without a production agreement, there comes a time when something is "complete", and how that is handled depends on a lot of things.

I make it very clear with each subsequent "Version" of a "Final" CD that we're approaching the end, or at least who's paying for it at what point.  (I label each revision with the date, and "V" number....  V3, February 28, 2005, for example.  In RED, at the bottom of the disc, just so there's no confusion over which disc was made when.)

I also make it abundantly clear that any "Final" changes are incumbent on THEM to hear, locate (timecode/track info) and list for me, if we've missed anything.  (Typos in the booklet/tray card apply here, too).  Go past a certain point, and it's THEIR problem.

I give them the "Master" (pre-master) that we finished TOGETHER  in the studio, either via US mail or have hand-delivered to them.   By then, we've usually got a target date, or "Drop-dead" date for the replicator (if it's going out of here for mass copying.)

There are indeed many types out there that are never satisfied, never able to live with their own decisions, and constantly have to re-visit the work, agonizing over their choices.   This is a bad thing when there's confusion about who's paying for their neurosis.   If you can make that clear at the start of the project, you MAY be ok when you reach the finish line.

Sometimes the hardest part is knowing when it's DONE.  In many cases, the cost of going too far will rein in the wackos - if they're the ones paying for it.   Otherwise, you have to be VERY VERY careful they don't turn this around on you and make YOU suffer.

Sooner or later, you'll run out of runway, and then it's time to go back to the hanger or fly the darn plane.
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