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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 > > ****************************************************************** > Michele Newberry > Assistant Director for Library Services 352/392-9020 > Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) fax 352/392-9185 > 2002 NW 13th Street, Suite 320 http://www.fcla.edu > Gainesville, FL 32609 fclmin@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu > ****************************************************************** > > 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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