[Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon?

[Nicolas Morin]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:54 PM, paul POULAIN <paul.poulain at biblibre.com> wrote:
> Joshua Ferraro a écrit :
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Nicolas Morin
>> <nicolas.morin at biblibre.com> wrote:
>>
>>> At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet
>>> link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image
>>> itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image,
>>> saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at
>>> http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>> Last I read the terms of use, Amazon required that you link back to
>> the specific item who's content you are using.
>>
> nicolas just propose to remove the link back from image to put it on a
> small text just below the image. I don't think the terms of use specify
> "you link back to the specific item *on the image itself*", so it would
> still be OK, isn't it ?


That's right  : in the example I gave, the link still is to the
specific item we're using, it's just a link out of a text link saying
"source : Amazon", rather than out of the image itself. And I think
that still fulfills the requirements of Amazon's contract.
Nicolas