In Australia, a museum I dealt with on this matter charged around $200
Australian for use of the image. Then separately, sometimes the artist
charges if they own copyright. It may not be much, or it might be a lot,
depending on the artist's views on the matter.
Hope this helps,
Ruth
At 12:07 PM 9/04/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>I am looking for prices (and policies) from museums and heritage
>organisations which provide images for publication (as opposed to private
>use!). Can anyone provide any comparitors? I am aware that commercial
>picture libraries do charge quite a lot, but it would be useful to find out
>what museums charge, if they manage their image IPR commercially!
>
>The reason I am requesting this information is to compare our publication
>charging policy with similar museum image libraries. I am involved in
>managing a countywide archive and museum image database (low res images are
>available at no cost) which has images of a wide range of collections
>(mainly of local and sub-regional interest - not many Rembrandt's are
>available unfortunately). It has been comparatively easy to establish
>personal image sales (for high res images) but setting a reasonable
>publications charging tariff has been a little more difficult.
>
>Any pointers?
>
>view the site on http://eesopessex.essexcc.gov.uk/
>
> > Stephen Lowy
> > Essex Museums Officer
> > Museums In Essex Committee
> > Essex Record Office
> > Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT
> > Tel: 01245 244612 Fax: 01245 244655
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