Re: Oxford and Cambridge UP

[Michele Newberry <FCLMIN@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU>]

As I was reading the OUP license, I wasn't having too much trouble with
the terms and it looked like we could figure out a way to make sure that
our proxy service to our distance learners would still comply with the
license when I hit the last section:

  "9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

      9.1 The terms and conditions of this Site licence are governed by
      English law and the English courts shall have jurisdiction."

I would have thought that publishers would have figured it out by now.
Most U.S. state governments (of which our publicly funded universities
are a part) won't agree to anything but their own state laws.  Or, at
least, have the license be silent on the point... this usually gets
past the lawyers.

  --Michele Newberry

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On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:07:44 EDT Cornelia A. Kelley said:
>I was very interested in Richard Gedye's comments on the access to the OUP
>journals on-line.  I find it a trifle odd that he made no mention of the
>"Institutional Site Licence Agree- ment" which seems to be part and parcel
>of the registration process for the OUP journals.  This agreement
>instantly be- comes a major stumbling block for libraries which find
>themselves prohibited from entering into such an agree- ment without
>institutional vetting and approval.  Which is where I find myself at this
>very moment!  Alas, he makes it sound so simple.
>
>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>:Connie Kelley, Contracts Manager:
>:      University of Virginia Library      :
>:    Charlottesville VA 22903-2498     :
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>>Richard Gedye wrote:
>>Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:15:35 +0100
>>From: Richard Gedye <CHICKL@oup.co.uk>
>>To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
>>Subject: Oxford and Cambridge UP.. - Reply
>>
>>I can't, of course, claim to speak for CUP, but institutional subscriber
>>access to the full text of Oxford University Press online journals is via
>>registered IP address, not via password.
>>
>>However, if as an institutional subscriber you choose to register your
>>relevant IP addresses via our online form (which we would strongly
>>encourage), you will need to choose a password for yourself which will
>>give you access to the registration form. This is to help prevent
>>unauthorised people subsequently accessing the form and changing the IP
>>addresses which you have registered, whilst allowing you the option to do
>>this should it be necessary.
>>
>>Once you have registered your relevant IP addresses, your institutional
>>users will have access to those of our online journals to which you have a
>>subscription, without the need to input any passwords.
>>
>>The only users who need a password to access the content of our online
>>journals are INDIVIDUAL subscribers, who have paid for their own PERSONAL
>>subscriptions.
>>
>>More detailed information about registering for access to OUP's online
>>journals can be found at:-
>>
>>http://www.oup.co.uk/Register/
>>
>>If you would like further help or advice, our customer services people
>>will be happy to help and can be found at:-
>>
>>USA
>>
>>Telephone: 1-800-852-7323 or 919-677-0977.
>>Fax: 919-677-1714
>>E-mail: jnlorders@oup-usa.org
>>
>>
>>UK
>>
>>Telephone: +44 1865 267907
>>Fax: +44 1865 267485
>>E-mail: jnl.info@oup.co.uk
>>
>>===========================
>>Richard Gedye
>>Journals Marketing Director
>>Oxford University Press
>>Great Clarendon Street
>>Oxford
>>OX2 6DP
>>England
>>
>>Tel:      +44 1865 267785 (direct)
>>Fax:     +44 1865 267835
>>E-mail:  gedyer@oup.co.uk
>>World Wide Web site: http://www.oup.co.uk/
>>===========================
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