First of all, the reprint authorizations were created in a pre-internet age and it’s not certain that Calstuff, a non-moneymaker, is bound by those rules. It’s not clear that you’re “reprinting” for that matter.

Secondly, rather than taking your ball and going home, you could, perhaps, work out a deal in which you simply have to credit the photographer (photo courtesy Mike Simon/The Daily Californian) or something of that nature. It’s doubtful money would even be asked for, and, frankly, the Daily Cal isn’t hurt by organizations linking to its Web page and drumming up interest in campus news.

That might be for the best. There’s certainly nothing to keep them from reading your web log and cherry-picking, so you might as well get something if you can. The institutional memories of student publications don’t usually extend more than three or four years, so all of the informal cooperation you’ve had in the past probably doesn’t mean a thing.