>>We charge a service fee of $100 per hour for filming in our
>>museum.
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>>It's not clear what you mean by "now they want to sell it, and wonder
>>what our rate is" -- sounds like the filmmaker originally sold it (or
>>rather made it under contract) for the Alaska Travel Board or whatever.

>>He/she created the film, so the film and the copyright in it belong
>>either to him/her or to the commissioner of the film (depending on the
>>contract between them). In other words, unless you signed a contract
>>limiting use of the specific footage in which your museum appears, you
>>really have no case (as far as I understand) for claiming further
>>payment. (Okay, don't tell them that!)
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>>Or, did you not charge for the original filming, because it was for
>>"non-profit" purposes, and now that they want to "sell" the film they
>>feel they should compensate you?  If so, you are
>>tremendously lucky to have run into such honest clients. I
>>would, in similar circumstances, go back to the original number of
hours
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>>they filmed in your museum ("nail to nail" in art insurance lingo: from

>>the time their van showed up on museum grounds until it left, not the
>>time the camera was running), and take whatever hourly fee you think
>>fairly compensates the museum for whatever work you did then, including

>>pre-filming preparations. You are charging for a service (disruption of

>>normal museum work, staff time and assistance to the crew, security,
>>etc.) or what's called a site license, not "reproduction rights" or
>>copyright.
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>>(Which, by the way, and just to grind a favorite axe, is the reason why

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>>film crews working on projects for "non-profit" organizations or
>>purposes should pay exactly like everyone else. The time and work a
>>"non-profit" project and a "commercial" project cost your museum are
>>identical.  I can assure you that the film crews in question are not
>>working on these project for free! )
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>>>name: amalyah keshet
>>>director, visual resources / the israel museum, jerusalem
>>>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>>date: 09/05/96
>>>visit our Web site at http://www.imj.org.il
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>>>On Tue, 3 Sep 1996 15:53:56 -0800  Diane Brenner wrote:
>>>>     I see that our friend Mr. Arnold in New Mexico referred to
>charges
>>>>they make for use of the INTERIOR of the museum in film/adverts/etc.

>I
>>>>am wondering what the going charge is.
>>>>     We recently allowed filming for a major PR piece on Alaska in
our
>>>>history gallery;  now they want to sell it and wonder what our rate
>is?
>>>>I'd be interested in some figures so that we can set a reasonable
>rate.
>>>>     Thanks
>>>>     Diane Brenner
>>>>     [log in to unmask]
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