McCormick - I do agree with you that anyone who "exploits" the artistic endeavours of any culture is not someone that I would want to do business with.   My questions and playing devils advocate was to try to understand the situation. Again, I have no dog in this race.   I am not defending anyone, just trying to understand. I do feel that situations like this have reprecussions and it is an important topic to be discussed in forums such as these.

Also, when I was referring to "trade groups", I probably used the wrong set of words. But, just as archivists have organizations that share practices and information, this is an important field that could use some scrutiny based on some of the stories being shared here. Was I wrong to suggest that some sort of group be available to help prevent problems like this from occuring?   Where would a Tom Munnelly go if he is getting ripped off?   Who is to say that 75%, 50% or 10% is fair or unfair?   Should someone who devotes enormous time to these endeavors be forced to take a vow of poverty?   Perhaps it is because everyone is creating their own sets of rules that we have problems like this.   Maybe it is a good thing that at least a discussion like this occurs.