Research and Research Fees
Research
You must call ahead to make an appointment to ensure that a staff member will be available to assist you. Our index cards and catalogs, as well as the films and tapes they describe, may be viewed/heard on the premises free of charge. There is visual access only to most film via hand rewinds.
Research Fees
Researchers are urged to visit in person to view finding aids and holdings. Otherwise, the GMMA limits reference services to thirty minutes at no charge. We accept requests by mail, online form, email, fax, or telephone (when followed by written confirmation). [TOP]
Duplication and Use Policies
The archives holds over 500 film titles (including 104 titles from the 1959 AFL-CIO series "Americans at Work"), and over 5000 audio tapes (including constitutional conventions, interviews, press conferences, radio broadcasts, and speeches).
The GMMA will not lend original material, but offers reproduction services. Reproductions are provided under license agreement, for the purposes indicated by the user of these services on the GMMA Request to Reproduce/Publish Film & Audio Material Agreement. This agreement is to be signed both by the user and by a representative of the GMMA. Both the agreement and conditions governing use can be found on the Request to Reproduce/Publish Film & Audio Material page.
The GMMA does not provide in-house duplication. Upon receipt of the signed GMMA Request to Reproduce/Publish Film & Audio Material Agreement, patrons are responsible for placing orders directly with the lab, Bono Film & Video, and are responsible for all processing fees. As noted on the GMMA agreement (see "Fees"), patrons must pay GMMA for messenger service to deliver/retrieve archival material to/from the lab.[TOP]
Copyright
The GMMA holds the copyright to some, but not all, materials in its collections. Copyright determination ultimately rests with the researcher. A letter of indemnification must be signed before any materials are duplicated. The archives will not provide use copies (publication quality) without necessary release documents from the copyright owner(s). [TOP]
Use Fees
Fees include one-time, one-use, single-language publication rights, for a ten-year duration. Fee is assessed for each ten seconds, or any portion of ten seconds of footage/tape used. Fees must be prepaid and are subject to change without notice.
Use Fee Schedule
Listed by primary market license, followed by the cost per minute (and ten second increments [minimum]).
- Theatrical (film/theater/concert) - $1800.00 ($300.00)
- TV Commercial (worldwide) - $1800.00 ($300.00)
- TV Commercial (local, one market) - $900.00 ($150.00)
- TV Foreign Broadcast (one market) - $900.00 ($150.00)
- TV Public (local broadcast) - $225.00 ($37.50)
- TV Public (North American broadcast) - $450.00 ($75.00)
- TV Network (local broadcast) - $450.00 ($75.00)
- TV Network (North American broadcast) - $900.00 ($150.00)
- TV Worldwide (North American/foreign) - $1500.00 ($250.00)
- Home Video Rental & Sales - $900.00 ($150.00)
- Film Festivals - $300.00 ($50.00)
- Educational (local, one market) - $225.00 ($37.50)
- Educational (North American) - $450.00 ($75.00)
- Educational (worldwide) - $900.00 ($150.00)
- Computer, CD-ROM - $900.00 ($150.00)
- Corporate Events (local, one market) - $450.00 ($75.00)
- Corporate Events (North American) - $900.00 ($150.00)
- Corporate Events (worldwide) - $1800.00 ($300.00)
- All markets in all media - $2400.00 ($400.00) [TOP]
Special Conditions and Fees
Discounted Fees
Deduct 20% off the total use fee for three minutes or more of footage/tape from a single source; 30% off for five minutes; 50% off for ten minutes or more. Additional rights are 30% of each license market added to the primary market (i.e., highest priced fee) prior to the issuance of the agreement. Once GMMA has signed the agreement, costs for additional rights will be the prevailing rates at the time of issuance of the license for additional rights. Rights are limited to ten years for a single production.
Fee Exception
Use fees do not apply to:
- organizations affiliated with the AFL-CIO
- non-profit organizations (e.g., government agencies, churches, organizations with 501(c)3 IRS status) not selling the final product for a profit
- scholars (when used for personal research, class lectures, theses/dissertations)
- home use
For-profit entities and individuals working for, or with, non-profit organizations and government agencies on projects or publications sponsored by those organizations may, with suitable letters of identification, be eligible to receive the non-profit rate of half of the regular use fees.
Reuse Fees
All requests for reuse or change in use must be applied for in writing. Reuse fees for the same use are usually one-half of the current listed fees. Reuse fees for different uses are the current listed fees.
Special Fees
Rates for other uses not listed in this schedule will be quoted upon request. Reduced rates are offered to donors needing copies of materials they have donated to the GMMA. [TOP]
