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Paying for services: experiences at the Smithonsonian Institute

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Cecilia H. Chin
Affiliation:
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
lldiko P. DeAngelis
Affiliation:
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
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Abstract

The Smithsonian Institution, a trust instrumentality of the United States, and the largest museum and research complex in the world, receives many outside permission requests to reproduce images in the Smithsonian Collections. Charging fees for photographic usage is a common practice in the United States, especially in art history and general museums. Beginning in 1992, the Smithonian established internal guidelines for changing such fees and for handling permission requests from outside sources. The procedures ensure that the Smithsonian recognises and respects the intellectual property rights associated with images in the collections and the terms of any pre-existing agreements. Great care is also taken to protect the Smithsonian’s name from use in any commercial context, to avoid the implication that the Institution endorses a product (or one product rather than another).

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1997

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