Re: [ARSCLIST] A scenario for bequests

[Andy Lanset <alanset@xxxxxxxx>]

We certainly could offer a cozy (cool and dry) home to a private
collection of any WNYC broadcast material regardless of the preservation
burden.  We're also interested in any other broadcast recordings that
could be useful for public radio documentary and feature production.  

Andy Lanset, Archivist
WNYC New York Public Radio
1 Centre Street 26th Floor
New York, NY 10007
212-669-4685
212-553-0629 FAX
alanset@xxxxxxxx
 

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[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of steven austin
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May I be the first to offer a cozy home to private collections that are
refused on the basis of being a preservation burden?

Steven Austin



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[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Brock-Nannestad
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 4:49 AM
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] A scenario for bequests

From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad

In the mood of the scenario that I posted about earlier today (but which
has not appeared as I write, because " ARSCLIST list is  held") I am
considering the following:

Some private collections are donated to public collections, generating
tax deductions in the process. It also generates work for valuers to
find out what these deductions might be. However, if receiving a
collection puts a burden on the receiving agency to digitize and
maintain the collection, I would expect that the deduction should
properly be converted into a supplementary tax burden on the donor. In
other words, if the collection does not come with the money to preserve
it, then it could potentially be refused.

In a similar vein, the materials that could be privately inherited from
a "modern" collector could potentially be a payment of, say, ten years
of professional maintenance of the backup of the sounds he has
collected. Such payments could also be put up for public auction
(similar to works of art today). This message will self-destruct in
315,619,200 seconds. Inheritance sucks. Or it certainly will, at some
point in our development.

Kind regards,

George