[Foundation-l] Britannica became free

[Samuel Klein]

Do we know people at Arvato?  SJ

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Mathias Schindler
<mathias.schindler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:21 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at 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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