From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 22:04:43 -0500

A brief contract with little detail is very good unless and until
something goes wrong.

Joe Esposito


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:31 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: "Renison, Neil" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:34:17 +0000
>
> Recent comments on the thread of eBooks without Contracts seem to
> overlook the purpose of this list and why most of us subscribe to it.
> I admit to wondering myself about the value of the collection, but I
> simply wouldn't know and it is irrelevant to the main point of the
> post.  I just wish people wouldn't clutter the list with matters off
> topic.
>
> What was of interest is the revolutionary idea that a deal could be
> "culminated through the legal equivalent of a sketch on a cocktail
> napkin, not a 330 page contract with multiple addenda."  Spending so
> much my time dealing with the insanity of licensing electronic
> resources, one can only be interested in any potential for a better
> way.  Perhaps this example isn't, but that is what the debate should
> be about.
>
> Neil Renison| Librarian, Acquisitions Services
>
> Information Resources
> Library & Information Services
> Eddie Koiki Mabo Library
> James Cook University, Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, QLD 4811
> E: [log in to unmask]
> W: http://www.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/