Re: U of Chicago License

["Anthony Watkinson" <anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com>]

It seems to me that is easier for vendor and purchaser to agree on the
jurisdiction even though in practice it is extremely unlikely that the law
will be invoked. However I would strongly suggest that anyone, who is
unable to handle the idea of an alien jurisdiction or perhaps unable to do
so because of state rules, should, if faced with such a clause, delete it
altogether. You are putting off a legal battle over place of jurisdiction
but so what - in practical terms it will not come up.

Anthony Watkinson

----- Original Message -----
From: Holman Jenifer S <holman.jeni@uwlax.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 2:27 AM
Subject: U of Chicago License

> Please forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I am hoping you
> can lend some advice.  We would like to go ahead and sign the license
> agreement for electronic journals from University of Chicago Press, but
> the final clause, "This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the
> State of Illinois and the United States....," is bothersome as our
> institution is in Wisconsin.  How have other institutions handled this
> clause?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jenifer Holman
>
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