From: "Sterk, J.M.E." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:10:20 +0000

To sign a contract under protest has no legal value whatsoever. We do
add to the email or letter we send together with the signed license a
sentence stating that we de do not agree with the license. We do sign
it in order to get access to the journal(s) for our patrons. Every
time we subscribe to a new journal we discuss the same matter again
prior to the receipt and signing of the license. It has little to no
effect, but at least they are aware of our objections.

Best regards,

José Sterk

-----Original Message-----
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