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>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:54:47 -0500
>Subject: Re: #6463 Licensing fees for Streaming Video
>From: Dr Jack Burston <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Joseph, 

You're quite right to query the licensing fee being charged to digitize the
Fokus Deutsch video, all the more so in that if you read the small print
you'll discover that the $400 is per semester, not per year. Needless to
say, this is an exhorbitant fee considering that other textbooks (e.g.
Caminos, Motifs) allow their video materials to be digitized and network
distributed without cost. In fairness to McGraw-Hill, I would point out that
it is the copyright holder of the video (Annenberg) that is the problem
here. As you would be aware, Fokus Deutsch depends critically upon the video
program, lack of access to which is a serious drawback to anyone using the
textbook.  I and my colleagues in German at Temple University have been
trying unsuccessfully since last September to get McGraw-Hill to come up
with a solution to this problem. I must say that, in the absence of any
progress and being unable to afford the yearly licensing fee, serious
consideration is now being given to replacing  Fokus Deutsch next year.
Perhaps if others using the textbook began sending that message to
McGraw-Hill they might be more inclined to take action. Jack


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Jack Burston, Ph.D.
Director of Foreign Language Instructional Technologies
College of Liberal Arts
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122

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