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Opinion: heritage photo licensing paradox punishes historians

By Thilini Rajapaksa

May 1, 2026 8:59 AM GMT+0 Updated May 1, 2026

Archives levy fees that exceed graduate stipends yet claim public mission. THELEDGER/RAJAPAKSA Purchase Licensing Rights ↗

May 1 (TheLedger) - Open access doctrines need pricing schedules indexed to academic—not commercial—derivative use unless we doom historiography to wealthy amateurs alone.

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