material use Form
new orleans jazz & heritage archive
INSTRUCTIONS: Use of material from the Jazz & Heritage Archive requires the written agreement of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation) and the payment of any applicable fees.
Step 1: The process begins with the information requested in this form.
Step 2: The Archive will contact you to review the application, discuss fees, and, if needed, collect additional information about your project.
Step 3: If your use request is approved, you will need to sign an Agreement with the Archive. This Agreement sets out your permitted uses and any restrictions that apply to the materials or project.
Information to Submit a Request for use
Terms, Conditions, and fees
All proposed uses—commercial and noncommercial–require review and written permission from the Jazz & Heritage Archive.
The Foundation reserves the rights to decline any requested uses and to determine the appropriate format for the release of materials. No high-resolution images or audio or video will be released for personal or research use.
Your requested use will also require a formal license and payment of fees.
Typical Fees
| Still Images | Foundation owns or controls rights in images | Foundation does not own or control rights in images |
| Print publication, interior | $200 per image | $100 per image |
| Print publication, cover | $1000 per image | $500 per image |
| Website, interior | $200 per image | $100 per image |
| Website, homepage | $600 per image | $300 per image |
| Exhibition | $1400 per image | $700 per image |
| Film/television production | $1400 per image | $700 per image |
| Audio-Visual Materials | Foundation owns or controls rights in tapes | Foundation does not own or control rights in tapes |
| Commercial film, television, streaming | $75 per second w/ $750 minimum | $37.50 per second w/ $500 minimum |
| Public television, non-commercial documentaries | $30 per second w/ $300 minimum | $15 per second w/ $150 minimum |
| Radio, internet, podcasting | $50 per second w/ $500 minimum | $25 per second w/ $250 minimum |
| CDs, albums, sampling | $75 per second w/ $1000 minimum | $37.50 per second w/ $500 minimum |
| Exhibitions | $35 per second w/ $500 minimum | $17.50 per second w/ $250 minimum |
| Spoken words | $6 per second w/ $350 minimum | $3 per second w/ $175 minimum |
| Digitization and Retrieval Fees | Materials not on site or not previously digitized | Materials on site and previously digitized |
| Retrieval of stored physical tapes | $75 minimum | n/a |
| Digitization of tapes (if required) | Fee depends on the media | n/a |