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The librarian's legal companion for licensing information resources and services / Tomas A. Lipinski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals ; no. 4.Publisher: Chicago : Neal-Schuman, An imprint of the American Library Association, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 734 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781555709198
  • 1555709192
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Librarian's legal companion for licensing information resources and services.DDC classification:
  • 346.7304/82 23
LOC classification:
  • KF3002 .L57 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The information acquisition landscape today -- Basic contract law concepts -- Contract formation and enforceability -- Broader legal and policy issues in licensing -- Electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act -- Negotiated and nonnegotiated licenses -- Shrink-wrap, click-wrap, and browse-wrap licenses -- The end user license agreements (websites) -- General public licenses, open source agreements, and creative commons agreements -- Basic music and media licenses -- The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act -- The developing law of implied licenses -- The future look of licenses -- A basic licensing glossary -- Four common library licenses deconstructed -- Twenty sample key clauses to look for in content licenses -- Look before you license: 126 questions and answers for evaluating licenses.
Summary: "Legal expert Lipinski offers a definitive sourcebook for information licensing in libraries, including copyright and contract matters, general contract law concepts, developments in online and information contracting; and the advantages and disadvantages of licensing. Readers will find clear guidance on deciphering the legalese in agreements, advice on negotiating or countering provisions with library-friendly alternatives, and detailed explanations of specific licenses as well as a discussion of issues regarding online and information contracting. Additionally, three special sections provide valuable information in an easy-to-reference format: Deconstructions of four common license agreements: Access Newspaper Archive, BioOne, Nature Academic, and Amazon.com Kindle Answers to 126 questions about specific licensing agreements, plus a glossary, checklist and review tool for evaluating a license agreement 20 key issues in licensing agreements, accompanied by sample clauses. You'll save time, money, and unnecessary stress by putting the law on your side with this all-in-one guide to buying and licensing agreements"--Provided by publisher.
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The information acquisition landscape today -- Basic contract law concepts -- Contract formation and enforceability -- Broader legal and policy issues in licensing -- Electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act -- Negotiated and nonnegotiated licenses -- Shrink-wrap, click-wrap, and browse-wrap licenses -- The end user license agreements (websites) -- General public licenses, open source agreements, and creative commons agreements -- Basic music and media licenses -- The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act -- The developing law of implied licenses -- The future look of licenses -- A basic licensing glossary -- Four common library licenses deconstructed -- Twenty sample key clauses to look for in content licenses -- Look before you license: 126 questions and answers for evaluating licenses.

"Legal expert Lipinski offers a definitive sourcebook for information licensing in libraries, including copyright and contract matters, general contract law concepts, developments in online and information contracting; and the advantages and disadvantages of licensing. Readers will find clear guidance on deciphering the legalese in agreements, advice on negotiating or countering provisions with library-friendly alternatives, and detailed explanations of specific licenses as well as a discussion of issues regarding online and information contracting. Additionally, three special sections provide valuable information in an easy-to-reference format: Deconstructions of four common license agreements: Access Newspaper Archive, BioOne, Nature Academic, and Amazon.com Kindle Answers to 126 questions about specific licensing agreements, plus a glossary, checklist and review tool for evaluating a license agreement 20 key issues in licensing agreements, accompanied by sample clauses. You'll save time, money, and unnecessary stress by putting the law on your side with this all-in-one guide to buying and licensing agreements"--Provided by publisher.

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