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Re: User fees from the user?



Georgen writes:

> Well, today, a magazine sent US a contract with THEIR use fees and policies.
> Not surprisingly, their policies state that they're going to use our image
> freely in their widely circulated magazine, on their website, and in other
> publications for one small fee.
>
> Can't fault them for lack of chutzpa, I guess.
>
> Has anyone else had this happen? Has this become normal and I missed it?

Yes, something similar happened to us just last month. A commercial outfit got very heavy-handed
wanting to use one of our images for any purpose they saw fit for as long as they wanted. I failed
to talk them out of it, and just ignored them thereafter.

Cheers!

Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S.
Curator of Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210
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