Do we know people at Arvato? SJ
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Mathias Schindler
<mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:21 PM, David Gerard
<dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Eek! What's happening to the content?
There are/were several ways to access the content of the actual core
Brockhaus encyclopedia:
1. Buy the book. 30 volumes, 2700€ - 3100€, depending on your payment
plan:
http://www.brockhaus.de/enzyklopaedie/aufeinenblick/bestellen.php
2. Buy the "USB stick edition": 1500 €. no longer being sold.
3. Pay per view via munzinger.de
http://munzinger.de/search/query?f=query&qid=query-12
4. online subscription to brockhaus-enzyklopaedie.de. There was never
an end user license for this web site. end users had to buy 1. or 2.
(see above) to get access to this site until 31/12/2010.
5. Get the content (or a very similar kind encyclopedia) from
http://lexikon.meyers.de, which is the second encyclopedia brand name
at BIFAB AG. BIFAB has announced to shut down all encyclopedia related
activities and has said that the content at lexikon.meyers.de is
largely taken from Brockhaus substance so that they are unable to
continue this service. Hence we have to assume that lexikon.meyers.de
is going to be shut down in the next 39 days.
From an online perspective, it is unlikely to get any worse. The
poorly visible Brockhaus encyclopedia text might re-appear under
different brand names in other places. Or other content might appear
under a Brockhaus brand. All questions to save or use or release the
content from the Brockhaus encyclopedia would have to be directed to
Arvato/Wissen media group.
Mathias
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