From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 15:19:00 -0400

Were we overdue for litigation about "exact population, affiliation of
users, defined locations and IP ranges"

In today's news, from ARL:

Louisiana State University (LSU) filed a lawsuit on February 27, 2017,
against international science publisher Elsevier B.V. for breach of
contract resulting from the publisher's exclusion of the LSU School of
Veterinary Medicine from accessing content licensed by the LSU
Libraries. In filing the lawsuit, LSU exercised sound financial
stewardship of its public resources. According to the LSU Libraries,
Elsevier blocked access in January 2017 to its research materials from
the IP ranges that correspond to the LSU School of Veterinary
Medicine. The LSU Libraries' license with Elsevier provides for
unlimited, simultaneous access by all LSU faculty, staff, and students
of the main campus in Baton Rouge, including the School of
VeterinarynMedicine. LSU requested that access be restored, and
Elsevier refused.

http://www.arl.org/focus-areas/court-cases/4266-louisianastateuniversity-v-elsevier