Re: [APML] S&T's New Publishing Agreement

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

From: <KGKIRKLEY@aol.com>
> >$50 is decent pay for one time use. It's not decent for full rights.
>
> Sorry Bobby but I have to disagree somewhat.
>
> It is now the 21st. Century, not 1960 or 1975 or 1995.................$50
for
> even a one time use is rediculous. Fifty dollars doesn't even buy a nice
> dinner for two or fill up the tank on a Suburban.
> Recently, many publishers have come out with terrible publishing
agreements.
> They actually want to pay less, in some cases, than they did 25 years ago.
> The publishers want to control the images so they can use them in
secondary
> markets like the internet, CD's, etc. and, actually, a lot of money is at


I'm in agreement with you Kent, but the comments by Matt do tell somewhat
how it's gone. That doesn't make it right or fair. I'm in agriculture so I'm
stuck getting  80's prices for my product too. (Right now the price for milk
paid to me is the same as the early 80's). Meanwhile, most products and
services have typical inflation rates of 3-7% per year. Then there are the
atypical goods/services like insurance, medical services, and unfortunately
AP refractors (with the last production run) that are higher than that. That
puts the squeeze on those of use who get 70's-90's pay for our products.
What can be done? I dunno........
Bobby M





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