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Re: A Few Questions About Pey-Per-View

One way that it works is a programme that my university library has subscribed
to. I can download a book on to my university computer for a twenty four hour
period. After that it self destructs. I can do as many searches as I want but I
have limited ability to copy or print passages (5000 characters). I don't know
how much the university pays for the privilege, but it is not a satisfactory way
to do scholarly research.

Rod Hay


"Michael S. Hart" wrote:

> A Few Questions About Pay-Per-View
>
> Suppose someone wants to run some searches on a pay-per-view book,
> does each search consitute one reading of the book?
>
> What if someone wants to run a concordance program on this book?
>
> Do a word frequency count?
>
> What if someone wants to compare two pages over and over again in
> extreme detail to see if they reinforce or contradict each other
> in specific instances?
>
> Suppose someone wants to do a thesaurus search on marriage, so a
> search is done on:  wed, wedded, wedding, unwed, marriage, marry,
> matrimony, marry, married, unmarried, union etc., etc., etc.
>
> Does each search count as one "view" to be paid for?
>
> How would one go about becoming an expert, or even more, a scholar,
> of material that is released only in pay-per-view formats?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael S. Hart

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