Good Day Colleagues, I am the archivist at a mid-size museum in Prescott, AZ with a photo collection of around 100,000 photos which serves a very large geographical area. Recently, we recieved a request from a producer of the Discovery Channel to use a still photo in their documentary. Our current commercial use fee policy is $100 to use per 10,000 copies, (i.e. 50,000 copies=$500). I have been reviewing ohter repositories policies, and it seems that film and TV fees are desperatly under-charged. Since the policy at my archives is based on a production basis, how might one determine the production (distribution) of a Discovery Channel Documentary? Worldwide publication? All-Media worldwide publication? What I have found is that most repositories only charge $200 or less for TV and film fees, and I find this to be under priced. Please give me some feedback on what you might suggest I do in this situation; to either change our policy, demand a distribution number for the documentary to place pricing on, or reserve the right to deal with each situation on a one by one basis. Thank you. Ryan Flahive Archivist, Sharlot Hall Museum [log in to unmask] 928.445.3122 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>