By contrast, his depiction, in one sketchbook, of his lover's "pumped-up body in the guise of his own engorged penis" was no more than an example of narcissistic fantasy.One of the main reasons for the long gap between volumes two and three is the daunting costs of research and, not least, copyright and reproduction fees: as Mr Richardson himself once remarked, "I couldn't afford to do it".
He accepts government commissions, but otherwise lives on grants, exhibition fees and reproduction rights.
A licence fee for such reproduction is usually negotiated, the licence being for agreed purposes which may include commercial, non-editorial purposes, and contributors normally receive a share of net receipts.
The fee, based on reproduction costs set at ten cents per page, comes out to $425.80.
The other one is the proposal to extend copyright for press publishers and allow them to ask for licence fees for the reproduction of even the smallest snippets of content — so, for example, the headline of a news article.
If you Google almost any public domain painting you will find many sites and individuals implying or claiming a copyright on their reproduction photos and asking for licensing fees, or saying that you can't use the photos without their permission.
For information requests that involve the reproduction of material, UNICEF may charge a fee for material and labor cost, which will be communicated to the requestor and will need to be paid in advance.
It's good news that the Victoria and Albert Museum will no longer charge fees for reproductions in scholarly publications of artefacts in their hands.
As well as selling guidebooks, reproductions of artworks and surplus items, the Memorial raised substantial amounts of money from placing an admission fee on Will Longstaff's painting Menin Gate at Midnight when it went on display in 1929.
Sprigman: They should know that under the law if the image is "slavish," a mere reproduction, a plain unadorned exact image, they can use it and do not have to pay anyone a licensing fee.
