Perian: "Open Access but fees" is a non-starter. Open Access = free.
Previous comments have hit the major points: there is the "free for personal use" model (and of course Fair Use), but you must realize in advance that some commercial publishers/producers/clients will also take "free" literally and it certainly will not be worth the cost of pursuing them. Some publishers, however, need to license: they need that document for their own internal legal requirements. What you charge for is for providing that service, whether you send them the image file or they download it for free. Each museum has its own business model and its own experience with income generated from image licensing. The income isn't an illusion in all cases and one can't generalize. Even providing Open Access costs money. The most salient point, however, is that made by Peter: " ...applicable fees are calculated based on the work requested, not who is requesting the work." Even with Open Access, there will always be clients with special requirements, and you will be providing professional services for them. You need to cover your costs for that. It doesn't matter who they are, a publisher or an advertiser or a school art department. You are not so much selling the image files as the service. It reminds me of something I have pointed out many times: the traditional practice of charging different fees to commercial and "non-profit" clients doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Non-profit clients almost always require more work on our part; sometimes researching their questions and completing their orders adds up to weeks or drags out over months, not including the wait for payment. Obviously they cost us far more in time and work, and when you think about it, they should be charged more than the typical commercial client whose order can be completed in an hour or two. Again (thank you Peter): it's the work requested, not who is requesting the work. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ----------------------------- [Insert your disclaimer here] ----------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Dueker, Peter Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 10:42 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Open access but fees for publishers? Hi Perian, My advice is to keep things as simple as possible. The National Gallery of Art does not charge use, permission, or image access fees to download or use works of art available through Open Access. We do charge processing fees to offset costs of providing additional imaging services, such as creating guide prints, making new photographs or customizing and formatting existing photography. We don’t make any special fee schedules for publishers or other types of users. If someone can utilize the image available on NGA Images, great. If they need to order special processing the applicable fees are caclulated based on the work requested, not who is requesting the work. Open Access and NGA Images (5 years old in March!) have been a great success for us institutionally. Glad to hear you are looking at this. Peter Dueker Head of Web and Imaging Services National Gallery of Art, Washington On 2/22/17, 12:40 PM, "mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of Perian Sully" <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of per...@emphatic.org> wrote: >Good morning everyone (on the West Coast at least), > >For those of you who are pursuing open access initiatives, do you carve >out an exception for publishers? Obviously, publishers can grab >whatever they want if assets are offered at full-resolution, and it's >hard for us to police, but publication fees are still (?) a >quantifiable source of additional income. So I'm guessing honor system >is mostly in play here. > >What restrictions do you still have? Print run limitations before a fee >kicks in? Type of publication? Don't worry about it at all? > >Thanks all, > >~Perian _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
