Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio Clips--What rate do you charge?

[robert wasserman <wasserma2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In lieu of a rate card, I would suggest you multiply the time of recording
x2, which seems to be the amount of time we spend on a recording mastering
and duplicating, and then add the materials cost, including facility
overhead. Currently for us that is about $15 per c-60 or c-90 cassette, or
$25 per CD. Some places charge for mastering, but spread that cost to all
users instead of burdening the first person to request a recording we havn't
mastered yet. We do charge extra for a rush job or special processing, at a
per-hour rate.

We do not hold rights to many of our recordings, so will encourage listening
for free on-site. We do sell one-off copies for educational purposes only,
and thus we do not typically charge a usage fee as such. Most of our buyers
are students, researchers, or not for profit productions, who have already
acquired the rights themseleves from the owner of the estate.

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> Good morning.
>
> I recently received a request for audio clips from a series of oral history
> interviews that we hold. Releases exist for the interviews, so we are
> fortunate not to have any issues on that end. The issue I do have is that I
> haven't been asked for clips before and don't know what is a fair rate. I
> have a rate card for the film collections, but that rate would be grossly
> unfair for the audio in my opinion. Does anyone have a rate card for audio
> that they can share? Do you base your rate on a per second fee or per clip
> fee?
>
> Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Miriam Meislik
> Archivist/
> Photograph Curator
> Archives of Industrial Society
> 7500 Thomas Blvd.
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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> miriam@xxxxxxxx
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>                               Everyone has a photographic memory. Some
> just don't have film.
> --Steven Wright
>
> When your mouth drops open, click the shutter
> --Harold Feinstein, November 11, 2001
>
> Photography does not create eternity. . . it embalms time,
> rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.
> --André Bazin (1918?1958)

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