Yes, the difference does seem out of line. But I am sure when it was set up in the beginning people thought well if it is printed ... it lingers forever but on TV it will show a few times at most... Cable has indeed changed some of this though as they can run it once a year for five times during that week they are showing it! It is a tough question.... By the way hello from Glendale Arizona! Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > > 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 > Thanks, Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you have anything we can use. Coury House / SMECC 5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522 Glendale Az 85301 USA CONFIDENZIALE: Questo messaggio e gli eventuali allegati sono confidenziali e riservati. Se vi è stato recapitato per errore e non siete fra i destinatari elencati, siete pregati di darne immediatamente avviso al mittente. Le informazioni contenute non devono essere mostrate ad altri, né utilizzate, memorizzate o copiate in qualsiasi forma. CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain reserved information. If you are not one of the named recipients, please notify the sender immediately. Moreover, you should not disclose the contents to any other persons, nor should the information contained be used for any purpose or stored or copied in any form. 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]>