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/