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For more infomration, you can go to Google and do a search on " trade
associations shrink wrap " . You'll get a good picture of what is going
on. And, yes, the national library associations are fighting this...

Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Simpson [mailto:Carol_Simpson@UNT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:33 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: GEN: Shrink wrap run amok
>
>
> From this week's Business Week online: "The Maryland Bar Assn., along
> with hundreds of other trade groups, is shrink-wrapping a
> contract with
> many of its publications. The contract is meant to be binding
> on anyone
> who breaks the plastic seal. Among its terms: No reselling,
> loaning, or
> giving away the book."
>
> Since shrink-wrap licenses have been upheld in federal court, this new
> twist (already seen on videos sold in stores such as Sam's, Costco,
> etc.) on shrink wrap licenses, fair use and the right of the
> first sale
> may have a terrible effect on libraries as we know them.
>
>
>

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