From: "Hosburgh, Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:55:59 -0600

I don't think this is uncommon, as I was just reviewing a proposed ACS
license that contains the following post-cancellation language:

"Such digital access rights shall be contingent upon payment of an
annual post-cancellation platform maintenance fee."
Cancellation/access/maintenance fees are similar as far as I can tell
and such fees are almost never specified beforehand.  It seems that
publishers can then charge virtually anything if they couch
post-cancellation in such vague terms.  If the library is not willing
to pay, then access will be cut off going forward to that journal or
set of publications.

Definitely something to keep an eye on as it's likely an element often
overlooked in licenses.

Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Francesca Musina <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:24:44 +0100

Hi Joe,

This cancellation fee was stated in the contract our institution
originally signed, but with terms like "reasonable annual access fee",
"may", "from time to time charge" and the amount of this fee has been
explicitly determined only in this last contract just signed for 2013.

In the same licence it is also stated that "this reasonable access
fee" can rise during the next years.

Francesca Musina
Università degli Studi di Torino
Direzione Ricerca, Relazioni Internazionali, Biblioteche e Musei
Biblioteca Digitale corso S. Maurizio 28 / via Bava 31
10124 TORINO
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Il 13.03.2013 02:55 LIBLICENSE ha scritto:

> 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