Re: Shrink wrap run amok

[Carol Simpson <Carol_Simpson@UNT.EDU>]

Booksellers have been leasing books for decades. That is how public =
libraries get large stocks of bestsellers for times of peak demand, and =
return them when demand dwindles. Furniture has also been leased. Nothing =
new there, either.

This is a tough economic climate. If a publisher thinks that they can take =
advantage of already established federal law to get a little more money in =
the till, don't think for a moment that they won't jump at the chance. =
There are other revenue streams that copyright owners will be exploiting =
in the future.

Carol Simpson, Ed.D.
Asst. Professor - School of Library & Information Sciences
University of North Texas
PO Box 311068
205 Chestnut, ISB #205
Denton, TX 76203
940-565-3776 (voice)
940-565-3101 (fax)
csimpson@lis.admin.unt.edu



>>> Vicki Sherouse <sherouse@MARSWEB.COM> 12/03/02 11:06PM >>>
Even though the courts may have upheld the shrink wrap contract with
software, I can't imagine them doing so with books of any kind.  I think
most important legal arguments involve precedent and we have hundreds of
years and millions of precedents that books can be loaned and resold.  Are
they going to shrink wrap chairs and refrigerators, cars?  You cannot have
laws that are completely unenforceable and the resale of property has to =
be
seen as a precedent from the stone age!!  Frankly, if booksellers want to
start leasing books, retailers leasing chairs, etc. and not allow =
purchase,
I think most people would just close their pocketbooks, which is the most
important statement a consumer can make.

Vicki Sherouse, Librarian
Sentinel High School
Missoula, Montana
sherouse@marsweb.com=20

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