terms and conditions - in click-through and in hard copylicenses

["M Ros Doig" <M.R.Doig@derby.ac.uk>]

Hello everyone

I am negotiating a licence ( UK law applies)  which as well requiring
signatures on a paper copy also has a click-through agreement for users on
its website.

Whereas I applaud the understanding that we can't be held directly
responsible for an individual's actions * which is what this click through
is about, nevertheless I would expect those terms and conditions on the
click-through to mirror the ones I signed in the contract.

In the case in question, we signed a 2 year agreement which has since been
revised but which we don't have to sign again till the end of this year.  
In the meantime, the terms and conditions on the website have changed
slightly to be more specific in certain areas.

On the whole I don't have a problem with the changes, but the point is *
can service providers make users click-through terms and conditions on
their websites which don't necessarily reflect similar terms and
conditions in the document that was signed on behalf of the institution
and its users? And can they change them at any time without requiring the
agreement of the signatories for the institution, or informing them?

I'd be interested in your views.

Thanks and best wishes to you all
Ros Doig

Ros Doig
Serials & Inter-lending Librarian
University of Derby
Learning Centre
Kedleston Road
Derby 
DE22 1GB

Tel. +44 1332 591204 
Fax. +44 1332 622773
Email.  m.r.doig@derby.ac.uk