Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread scott spicer
Christine, I was asking myself the exact same thing so I did a little digging. Though I am certainly no lawyer (take this with several grains of salt) there appears to be some strong, potentially related case law where online published terms of service have been enforced (however, not

Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
That site Scott indicated looks interesting. However, I have a basic question. Isn't it illegal to make a special price for one group of customers? As I recall, the institutional price does not in fact always include PPR. Individual purchases disk for reasonable price but waives legal right to

Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread ghandman
Well, Judy...it sucks, put it isn't illegal, as far as I'm aware. There continues to be a fair amount of confusion about the PPR/institutional pricing gambit... Here's the deal: Some distributors charge higher prices to institutions (or others) because they bundle items in their catalogs with

Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread Richard Hawksworth
From the POV of a producer/distributor, I'd don't think its unreasonable at all to expect an institution to pay a much higher price than an individual. For me, the cost of the physical DVD is next to nothing - I'm selling the intellectual content that's encoded on the disk. If a home

Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread Jessica Rosner
...@library.berkeley.edu *Date: *January 3, 2011 2:49:15 PM CST *To: *video...@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject: **Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...* *Reply-To: *video...@lists.berkeley.edu Well, Judy...it sucks, put it isn't illegal, as far as I'm aware. There continues to be a fair