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In this vein and as a member of the Music Library Association's Preservation Committee, I've suggested a program for next year's open session, "Curatorial Responsibility for Non-Commercial Recordings." The topic is working its way through the bureaucracy. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Brock-Nannestad" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 7:48 AM Subject: [ARSCLIST] A scenario for bequests > From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad > > In the mood of the scenario that I posted about earlier today (but which > has > not appeared as I write, because " ARSCLIST list is held") I am > considering > the following: > > Some private collections are donated to public collections, generating tax > deductions in the process. It also generates work for valuers to find out > what these deductions might be. However, if receiving a collection puts a > burden on the receiving agency to digitize and maintain the collection, I > would expect that the deduction should properly be converted into a > supplementary tax burden on the donor. In other words, if the collection > does > not come with the money to preserve it, then it could potentially be > refused. > > In a similar vein, the materials that could be privately inherited from a > "modern" collector could potentially be a payment of, say, ten years of > professional maintenance of the backup of the sounds he has collected. > Such > payments could also be put up for public auction (similar to works of art > today). This message will self-destruct in 315,619,200 seconds. > Inheritance > sucks. Or it certainly will, at some point in our development. > > Kind regards, > > George > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005