Re: Nature Contract Provisions

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

I am sure that the purpose of this clause is to protect the publisher in
situations where they are asked to remove material from the web because it
falls foul of the law (e.g. defamation) or they discover that they do not
have appropriate rights to put it online. I suspect also it could be used
in other ways (as is suggested below) from a strictly legal standpoint but
it would be folly to do so. There always has to be a context of realism in
which legal clauses exist.

Anthony Watkinson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Laurel.Kristick@orst.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 11:41 PM
Subject: RE: Nature Contract Provisions


> As someone who is fairly new to reading contracts, I'm curious as to
> whether I am reading clause 7.7 of the Nature Academic License correctly.
>
> "7.7 The content of the Licensed Material is subject to change without
> notice."
>
> Does this mean they can reinstall the 3-month embargo on parts of the
> issues without notice?
>
> Laurel Kristick
> Physical Sciences Coordinator for Collection Development
> 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
> (541) 737-7276
> laurel.kristick@orst.edu