On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:21 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eek! What's happening to the content? > There are/were several ways to access the content of the actual core Brockhaus encyclopedia: 1. Buy the book. 30 volumes, 2700€ - 3100€, depending on your payment plan: http://www.brockhaus.de/enzyklopaedie/aufeinenblick/bestellen.php 2. Buy the "USB stick edition": 1500 €. no longer being sold. 3. Pay per view via munzinger.de http://munzinger.de/search/query?f=query&qid=query-12 4. online subscription to brockhaus-enzyklopaedie.de. There was never an end user license for this web site. end users had to buy 1. or 2. (see above) to get access to this site until 31/12/2010. 5. Get the content (or a very similar kind encyclopedia) from http://lexikon.meyers.de, which is the second encyclopedia brand name at BIFAB AG. BIFAB has announced to shut down all encyclopedia related activities and has said that the content at lexikon.meyers.de is largely taken from Brockhaus substance so that they are unable to continue this service. Hence we have to assume that lexikon.meyers.de is going to be shut down in the next 39 days. >From an online perspective, it is unlikely to get any worse. The poorly visible Brockhaus encyclopedia text might re-appear under different brand names in other places. Or other content might appear under a Brockhaus brand. All questions to save or use or release the content from the Brockhaus encyclopedia would have to be directed to Arvato/Wissen media group. Mathias _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
