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Re: Not negotiable? 

Michele Newberry is probably correct for most of the state-supported univ-
ersities and colleges in the U.S., she certainly is for Virginia as to the
big three No!No!'s.  What do we do now?

Connie Kelley, Acquisitions Librarain/Contracts Manager
            University of Virginia Library
         Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2498


On May 14, 20:16, Michele Newberry wrote:
> Subject: Re: Not negotiable?
> My quick reactions based on a very superficial reading so far:
> 
> 1. The only legal entity in the Florida State University System is the
> Florida Board of Regents.  All signatories at the individual institutions
> sign for and on behalf of the BOR.
>** As a unit of state government, we are
> not allowed to sign any license that is governed by the laws of another
> state.  It either has to be silent on that point or say that the license
> will be governed by the State of Florida.
> 
>** 2. We are not allowed to sign any license with an indemnification clause
> of this nature.
> 
>** 3. Nor can we sign a license that negates the purchase order language
> (and I suspect the University of Michigan couldn't do that either).
> 
> 
>   -Michele Newberry
> 
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> 
> On Thu, 14 May 1998 00:08:54 -0400 (EDT) michelle miller-adams said:
> >I'd like to comment on the question raised last month by Rick Anderson
> >regarding why a publisher might decide to make its licenses
> >non-negotiable.  We at the University of Michigan Press have, in fact,
> >decided that the two site licenses we have written so far should not be
> >negotiable.  The first is for the Dictionary of Old English Corpus and the
> >second is for the Middle English Compendium. These licenses can be viewed
	<snip>
> >If there are other concerns that come to mind upon reading these
> >licenses, please let me know (you can communicate with me directly at
> >mbmiller@umich.edu).
> >
> >Michelle Miller-Adams
> >Manager, Digital Publishing
> >The University of Michigan Press
> 
> -- End of excerpt from Michele Newberry <FCLMIN@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU>


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