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

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Nicolas Morin
<nicolas.morin at biblibre.com> wrote:
> 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
Ahh, gotcha, I missunderstood. I'd have to review the amazon
associates terms but I'd guess that's OK.

Josh

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