At 07:30 AM 2/23/97 LOCAL, you wrote: >I've read and re-read your note, lots of food for thought and I'm also >looking forward to reading "Copyright and Fair Use..." (which I have on >order). I could call it a "research fee" instead of a "usage fee" because >about 90% the requestor is unable to come to the Museum to do their own >research. The "usage fee" does not always cover the cost of locating the >negative, gathering the information about the piece -- which is not always >conveniently located -- as well as collection maintenance -- resleeving the >negative, climate control for the collection, ad infinitum > >I don't consider the institution being reimbursed for all of that -- "holding >in ransom". > >-Nina Cummings- >The Field Museum, Chicago ><[log in to unmask]> > > >>From: "Robert A. Baron" <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Re: Usage Rights on patterns? > >> works that are no longer >>copyrightable -- should be held for ransom by the very institutions in >>which they have been deposited to manifest this destiny. > > To play devil's advocate: Isn't maintaining the collection and supplying information to researchers what we are already employed by our institution to do? Janice Klein The Field Musem [log in to unmask]