On Wed, 16 Oct 1996 14:32:18 PDT  Bernard Barryte wrote:
>(snip) I would be grateful if you would let me  know the
>fees your museum charges
for non-profits and for-profits on  a) >cd-rom, and b) web. >
>Because I did receive

several requests to share the results  of this >inquiry, you
may as well respond to
the network. > >Thank you very much for your assistance. >

>Bernard Barryte,
>Stanford University Museum of Art

Having recently confirmed that the multimedia producers who
offer us $15 and
grudgingly pay us $50 per image are paying local photo
agencies $100 and up per
image, we
are setting our fees accordingly. (I'm referring to the fee
for one to five images;
quantity orders always enjoy a discount or sliding scale.) It
is obvious in many
cases that we (as a museum) are assumed by photo researchers
to be a source of
"cheap" material.

For a quick bit of further enlightenment on the subject of
pricing, see:
http://www.pickphoto.com/tso/stories/st35.htm
http://www.pickphoto.com/tso/price.htm

We do not differentiate between non-profit organizations and
other clients.  As a
non-profit organization ourselves, we are quite aware that
non-profit status is
relevant solely for tax purposes; it in no way exempts us
from paying reguolar
market prices for goods and services purchased, just like
anyone else.  Does your
museum enjoy a discount from carpenters, glass case builders,
electricians,
stationary suppliers, printers, caterers, or computer stores,
just because it is a
non-profit organization?  Rest assured that your non-profit CD-ROM/Web image-seekers
are paying full going rates to the
multimedia producers & distributors they have hired, & to other suppliers. And that
they will not be selling the CD-ROM at a discount because they are a "non-profit."
Don't sell yourself (your museum) short.  (Exception: non-profit organizations with
whom you have reciprocal arrangements, to the benefit of both parties, and
repeat/long-standing customers of any type.)

And ignore the "it's a great publicity opportunity" song and dance routine, if you
get it.   In our experience, it is usually virtually impossible to connect an image
to the  museum's "credit" in the final product. (This is one area in which use on
the Web  comes out ahead. If a Web page designer "forgets" a credit line, it can be
corrected quickly; 50,000 finite copies haven't already been produced, packaged, &
distributed...)

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amalyah keshet
director, visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
date: 10/17/96
visit our web site at http://www.imj.org.il
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