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Da: Sasson, Jack M [
mailto:jack.m.sasson@vanderbilt.edu]
Inviato: lunedì 4 dicembre 2006 1.29
A: The Agade mailing list.
Oggetto: [agade] NEWS: Ending fees for academic reproductions
>From <http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/3012289/> comes this news
that may affect scholarly publication widely.
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>From News:
V&A to scrap academic reproduction fees
By Martin Bailey | Posted 30 November 2006
London. In a move which could transform art publishing, the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London (V&A) is to drop charges for
the reproduction of images in scholarly books and magazines.
Reproduction costs now often make it difficult to publish
specialist art historical material. The new scheme will come into
effect early next year.
The V&A is believed to be the first museum anywhere in the world
which is to offer images free of copyright and administrative
charges. It also intends to take a liberal view on what should be
deemed scholarly or educational. The new arrangements will normally
apply to all books published by university presses. Free images
will also be available for exhibition catalogues and journals such
as Apollo and The Burlington.
Reproduction fees currently bring in just over £250,000 a year for
the V&A, and it is estimated that around half this sum will be
lost. However, administering the system eats into the profits, so
the real loss is much less. Under the new scheme, publishers will
be able to download images directly from the internet. Commercial
publications will continue to be charged.
The V&A feels that it is important that readers see images of items
in the collection, helping to fulfil its educational role and raise
its profile internationally. Images of 25,000 objects in the V&A
will be available.
The decision to end charging could well have major implications on
art publishing since there will be pressure on other UK museums to
follow suit.
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