This is the librarian side of my job speaking.

My guess is that they use the registration data/demographics to generate
some advertising revenues.  I think it's great that you can access
articles just by registering.  (I keep all my passwords in the Notes
section of Outlook which makes it easy to remember them.)  Plus you can
keep from going to copyright hell by just sending the link in an e-mail
instead of copying the whole article.  It's a small inconvenience for
all the information you can get.

Maybe someone from a publisher or newspaper has something else to add.

Elizabeth


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Elizabeth Meylor
Library and Records Manager
HGA, Inc.
Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design
701 Washington Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-758-4588
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Steven Whitaker
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 2:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: rain 1209 Bush Library, Petty Archive, Chicago Fire

It is their website, they can restrict or allow anyone they choose, and
put any requirements on access they choose.  A newspaper is not required
to give away printed content, same for electronic content.

Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
Records Systems Manager; City of Reno

>>> [log in to unmask] 12/09/04 07:40AM >>>
Just curious about something.  I tried to go out and access some of
the
RAIN articles and as usual ran into a couple of sites where I was
asked
to log in.  Maybe it's the weather, but something about the whole
concept of identifying myself to obtain the news kind of goes against
the grain.

I kind of compare this to open records. There should be no reason for
the holder of an open record to know who is asking for the record.  I
can understand subscriptions where I pay for the service, but signing
in
just so they know who I am is a bit puzzling.  I am thinking of
sending
in some letters to the editor on the issue.

How do others on the list feel about the issue?

Bill Roach, CRM
Enterprise EDMS Coordinator
State of North Dakota
ITD/Records Management
701-328-3589

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