Re: Shrinkwrap contract on books

["Stephen D. Franklin" <franklin@uci.edu>]

Time to (re)read, Richard Stallman's "The right to read"
(Communications of the ACM, v.40 n.2, Feb 1997):
  http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/253671.253726

Stallman's projection of what life might be like in 2047 may not have to
wait that long.

Stephen D. Franklin
University of California, Irvine
E-mail: franklin@uci.edu
Web: http://www.nacs.uci.edu/indiv/franklin/

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:59:12 -0600 
> From: "Edrington, Dru" <dru.edrington@puc.state.tx.us>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-copyright@cni.org>
> Subject: Shrinkwrap contract on books
> 
> An interesting articlet (pg.8 or
> http://www.businessweek.com/@@npqbDmcQRvabOg8A/premium/content/02_49/c381101
> 9.htm for those who have online access) in this week's Business Week: "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.