Policies
Collection Development | Access | Rights | Fees
Collection Development
The collection policy is designed to meet the goals of Pacifica Radio. The PRA collection comprises approximately 50,000 items which include sound recordings and paper records documenting the past, present, and future activities and programming of Pacifica Radio. The PRA collection supports preservation, research, security, exhibitions, and outreach programs. The preservation and security of the materials are top priorities.
The PRA informs other sound archives of unique acquisitions and cooperates with these institutions with regards to collecting. The PRA reserves the right to de-accession materials at any time if upon appraisal they no longer reflect the collecting areas of the PRA or if they are no longer considered to be of value. This will be done in accordance with terms of the acquisition policy.
The holdings are non-circulating. To increase the awareness of the PRA collection to the Pacifica Radio community, academia, and the community at large, the PRA's outreach program includes catalogs, brochures, and presentations or articles published by the Archivist. The majority of the collection is limited to those works created locally and nationally by or in conjunction with Pacifica Radio. Other material may be acquired through donation, but the PRA will not actively pursue donors at this time with the exception of material created for Pacifica Radio.
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Access
All researchers are expected to abide by the PRA's rules and regulations which are designed to maintain the integrity of the collection and ensure its preservation.
Materials in the collection may not be checked out or borrowed. Materials available for distribution are restricted to personal use only.
Permission to use material for researcher projects are made on a case-by-case basis. Researchers involved with commercial or non commercial productions/projects are expected to identify their projects as such.
Onsite use is by prior appointment only and requires registration with the archivist.
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Rights
Permission is required in order to include Archives material in a sound recording and to quote recorded sound material as text
Licensing director or Archives manager draws up licensing agreement. Included in the agreement: PRA credit, release copy of production, and return of duplication master.
- Licensee can peruse the Pacifica Radio Archive catalog online
- PRA archivist can print and provide computer list
- Licensee may make appointment to come onsite to do research and to audition material
- Licensee can purchase audition cassette (if material can be licensed; cassette contains copyright protection tone)
- Archives manager conducts research pertaining to copyright
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Fees
Fees will be charged for the following:
- Research time as appropriate
- Database research and print outs
- Photocopying
- Submastering
- Permission to Use Sound Recording
- Permission to Quote Recorded Sound Material as Text
- Licensing
$90.00 minimum license fee applies to all fees listed and must be paid at the time the audio is ordered from the archives. It is non-refundable in the event of non-use of the audio.
- Fees are determined on a case-by-case basis. Fees can run as high as $15.00 per second and upwards depending on permissions requested and resources of the licensee.
- If a licensee is requesting an entire program, PRA will negotiate royalties
- 10% off the total license fee if three minutes of audio or more is used
- 20% off the total license fee if five minutes of audio or more is used
- 30% off the total license fee if ten minutes of audio or more is used
The following fees are per second:
Theatrical distribution: $10.00
- Plus nationwide television broadcast and pay/cable transmission: $12.50
- Plus worldwide television broadcast and pay/cable transmission: $15.00
Television broadcast and pay/cable transmission
- Local: $5.00
- Nationwide (network or syndication): $8.00
- Worldwide: $12.50
Television broadcast on non-commercial (PBS) stations only
- Local: $3.00
- Nationwide: $5.00
- Worldwide: $7.00
Pay/cable television transmission only
- Local: $3.00
- Nationwide: $6.00
Home videocassettes sales/rentals in addition to any of the above: Add $3.00
Educational, non-commercial distribution in addition to any of the above: Add $2.00
Home videocassettes, audio cassettes, sales/rentals only: $6.00
Educational, non-commercial distribution only (non-broadcast)
- Local: $3.00
- Nationwide:$4.00
- Worldwide: $6.00
Television commercials
- Local (one market): $8.00
- Nationwide: $12.50
Commercial radio
- Local (one market): $4.00
- Nationwide: $6.00
- Worldwide: $8.00
Corporate presentations, live events, concerts
- Local (one location): $4.00
- Nationwide: $6.00
- Worldwide: $7.00
Interactive video sales only: $6.00
Compact disc sales only: $6.00
Public, non-commercial radio
- Local (one state) $1.00
- Nationwide $1.50
- Worldwide $2.00
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