Buying resources for a group

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

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.

DMB

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.

MJ. Smith

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.

Erwin Stull, Sr.

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.