Buying resources for a group

Pastor Kay
Pastor Kay Member Posts: 80
edited November 20 in English Forum

I know the copyright issues would be a mess, but is it possible to create a group and then buy resources that the group can access?  My church would love that- we use the NRSV and if we had, say, five licenses for it then any five people at a time could using the Faithlife app to read the NRSV.  And we could fundraise and add, say, NT Wright's ___ for Everyone guides, and so forth.

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  • Matthew C Jones
    Matthew C Jones Member Posts: 10,295

    Pastor Kay said:

    I know the copyright issues would be a mess, but is it possible to create a group and then buy resources that the group can access? 

    I don't think so and I think you accurately state why.

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  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 13,629 ✭✭✭

    Goodness, that'd sure be a monster market (speaking from a retail point of view).  The single owner concept doesn't reap bucks from multiple platforms outside marketing, and then suffers from a narrow marketing band (those willing to throw large amounts of money to benefit a single user).

    Not criticizing Logos; not sure about the publishers.  But I'd suspect a subscription model (in addition to owned-single-user) would solve much of the problem, and open up a much larger market.

    In addition to the spiritual value, of course.  Actually, from the latter point of view, it'd keep the sheep in the right fold.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,407

    Pastor Kay said:

    I know the copyright issues would be a mess, but is it possible to create a group and then buy resources that the group can access?  My church would love that- we use the NRSV and if we had, say, five licenses for it then any five people at a time could using the Faithlife app to read the NRSV.  And we could fundraise and add, say, NT Wright's ___ for Everyone guides, and so forth.

    No ... but you may be able to get a customized package at a very good price for your members. Contact Logos.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Erwin Stull, Sr.
    Erwin Stull, Sr. Member Posts: 2,793

    I know that Faithlife has put together special packages for some schools, such as DTS. I'm sure that they can put just about any package together. The cost is the question.

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