On 11 Jan 2007 at 16:48, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 11.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: > >> I really hope other complete editions are going to follow suit, > >> this > >> > is such a phantastic project! > > > > Indeed. Maybe the Packard Foundation (they paid $400K for the > > rights) could be enticed to license the content of other editions as > > well. > > Do you know whether this is simply for the public's benefit, or is > there a business plan behind it all?
All I know about this specific project is what I've read in the paper, and I believe it said that it was just for the public benefit. And I think the NMA editorship wanted to do something like this themselves, but couldn't justify it without a decent subsidy. > I wouldn't even mind paying a small anual fee for using NMA or any > other complete edition online. If Henle did this for the Haydn CE, and > let me use it online for 10 Dollars a year, my money would be with > them pronto. But the Haydn isn't finished, so I don't think they'd do it. And the Grove Online pricing makes me think it unlikely that such a price would be chosen -- Grove is $300/year for individuals. If it were $150, my bet is they'd have 2 or 3 times as many individual subscriptions. Another alternative would be to have tiered pricing, with unlimited access for a certain amount, and limited access for a low amount, and per-service charges when you exceed that amount in a month. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
