Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 22:37:31 +0000

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
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