From: Terry Leopold <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 16:57:41 +0000

Thanks for the advice on this.  Consensus is that the reference to UK
law should either be replaced with US copyright law, or the reference
should be deleted entirely.

Terry Ann Leopold
E-Resource Manager
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
3801 E. Florida Ave., Suite 515
Denver, CO  80210
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Phone - 303.759.3399, ext 111. Fax – 303.759.3363

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Leopold <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 22:37:31 +0000

[MOD NOTE:  A good question, but it received no liblicense-l
responses.  Anyone out there have any words of wisdom?]

We've been asked to sign a license from a company in the U.K. which
binds us to U.K. copyright law.  Here's the passage:

"This Agreement shall be deemed to complement and extend the rights of
the Institution and Authorised Users under the United Kingdom’s
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and Copyright (Visually
Impaired Persons) Act 2002 and nothing in this Agreement shall
constitute a waiver of any statutory rights held by the Institution
and Authorised Users from time to time under these Acts or any
amending legislation."

Does anyone have any insight as to whether we should accept this?  I
don't know if U.K. and U.S. copyright law are similar enough for us to
agree with this, or whether we should ask that it be struck and
replaced with a referenced to U.S. law.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Terry Ann Leopold
E-Resource Manager
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
3801 E. Florida Ave., Suite 515
Denver, CO  80210
[log in to unmask]
Phone - 303.759.3399, ext 111. Fax – 303.759.3363