Message-Id: <199709241412.HAA17138@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 10:11:55 -0400 From: "J. Trant" <mailto:jtrant@ARCHIMUSE.COM> Subject: Re: www publication inquirey To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Dear Jerry,The Visual Resources Association, the Museum Computer Network, the Art Libraries Society and other professional conferences all have sessions and seminars on these topics on their annual program. As an example, Janice Sorkow of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, gave a paper at the last Museums and the Web Conference - that is published both in the Proceedings and in Archives and Museum Informatics - in which she explained some of their evolving approaches to this subject, and how they related to what was happening in the community at large.
For them, as always, pricing depended on whether the use was personal, educational, not-for-profit, or commercial, and was tied to the length of time the image was to be used, and where and how it was to be used. Basing this on the paradigm that a title page was worth more than a small black and white comparative illustration buried in the text of a book.
Any licenses should be non-exclusive, and for a one-time use. It should require acknowledgement of the source of the image, set limits on the maximum resolution of file that can be used, and prohibit any use other than that specified. If you are concerned about the manner in which your collection is represented, you may want to reserve the right to approve how the image is used. Watermarking offers some post-facto assurance that you might be able to identify the source of an image should it be used subsequently in a manner that is inappropriate, or contravenes your agreement.
There are many clauses in the Model License Agreement for CD-Rom Reproduction, that is distributed by the American Association for Museums, that also apply to the use of images on the Web [although the distribution paradigm is very different]. You may want to look at it as well.
Best of luck,
jennifer
At 9:52 AM 22/9/97, Jerry Stafford wrote: >Dear colleagues:
> Forgive the post crossing of the msg. The orig. received too few
>responses. For some time now, we have been receiving requests for
>reproduction of images in our holdings and persission to publish via
>electronic publishing on the internet. This is a new area for us as
>I am sure it is for most. I would like to know: How do you
>determine the cost factor for publication rights? (I have been using
>the rate we established for world-wide distribution of video/film)
>Do you set guidelines/conditions such as credit llines, resolution
>lilmits, watermarking, etc.? PLEASE respond via this lilstserve or
>personally to me at: mailto:stafford@library.uta.edu
>Thanks -- Jerry
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