I'm not sure how they can control this, but I do know that more often than in the past we receive a call or e-mail from a distributor when we purchase a DVD on Amazon. Essentially they tell us we must purchase an institutional version or sign a license. So there is some relay of information going on between Amazon and the vendors at the point of order.
Sunshine -- Sunshine J. Carter Life Sciences & Electronic Resources Librarian University of Minnesota Duluth Library 416 Library Drive 276 Library Duluth, MN 55812 Phone:218-726-6693 Fax: 218-726-8019 [email protected] http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/ref/scarter On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Moshiri, Farhad <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently, I have noticed different prices for the same DVD on Amazon. > Home use, non-profit, universities, etc. I was wondering how this can be > controlled? Does Amazon tells you that you cannot buy home use because you > are a university? In addition, I don't think purchasing from Amazon is a > contract as opposed to purchasing directly from the vendor and accepting > their terms. Is it? > > > Farhad Moshiri > Audiovisual Librarian > University of the Incarnate Word > 4301 Broadway - CPO 297 > San Antonio, TX 78209 > 210-829-3842 > > ------------------------------ > This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or > contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in > error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of > this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any > attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this > e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
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