Do we know people at Arvato? SJ On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schind...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
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