From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:24:03 +0100

Subject: Re: About Nature post-cancellation policy

I can't speak to the particulars of Nature's contracts and know
nothing about the fees, but what does it mean to sign a contract under
protest? A contract is a contract.

Joe Esposito


On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:28 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: "Sterk, J.M.E." <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:23:12 +0000
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Indeed, the new policy of charging an annual post-cancellation fee was
> introduced in 2006. We did have long discussions with Nature, but in
> the end we signed the licenses under protest. And each year with
> renewals and new subscriptions we discussed it, again without result,
> and we went ahead and signed under protest. The amount of the fee
> however is not mentioned in the license. We had to ask specifically
> and just recently received the overview of the different fees.
>
> Best regards,
>
> José Sterk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:12:17 +0100
>
> Were these cancellation fees stated in the contract your institution
> originally signed?  I have never seen a Nature contract and am simply
> wondering if this is new deal point raised after a contract has been
> signed or something that was disclosed and agreed to up front.
>
> Joe Esposito