Re: use of electronic materials

At 4:42 PM 9/24/93 -0400, CNICOPY[_at_]charlie.usd.edu wrote:
>>> To add to Mary Jensen's response to Trotter Hardy, I think it is relevant
>>> that electronic materials are commonly not sold but licensed.
>
> Glen Tenny responds in part:
>> Almost every piece of software sold has a "shrink wrap" statement to that
>> effect, but that does not make it a fact. Since these shrink wrap
>
> But software and cds are not the only materials we are talking about.
> Online databases, and networked cds and other electronic materials
> really are available only through real licenses.

My point was that electronic materials are NOT commonly licensed, they are sold. There are far more sales every day of such products than there are of licensed databases. If there is a signed licensing agreement, then that probably applies (does it apply when it precludes fair use?).

Electronic materials are commonly sold, not licensed. Mead Data and Dialog are two examples of licensed databases... but they should not be viewed as setting the digital norm.

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