From: Robert Tiessen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 16:01:16 +0000 It is too much trouble following your own copyright laws. Your users and your institution expect to follow their own country's laws. Why would you sign an agreement that would obligate them to follow another country's laws? Are you going to keep up with court cases and amendments to UK copyright law, to ensure that you are up to speed on what your user's obligations are? Robert Tiessen Content Development Librarian University of Calgary Library [log in to unmask] 403.220.6043 -----Original Message----- From: John Cox <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 10:36:21 +0000 UK copyright law follows the same logic and contains similar provisions to US copyright law, as both the UK and the USA (as well as most other countries) are signatories to the Bern Convention and are members of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). UK copyright law is broadly the same as copyright laws in other member states of the European Union under the European Copyright Directive. UK and US copyright law differ in two respects: a. US 'fair use' is generally seen as broader than UK 'fair dealing' and 'library privilege'. In practice, there is probably not much to worry an academic library. b. UK, like European, copyright law recognises 'moral rights', which US law does not. Moral rights belong to the author, and protect the author's right to be identified with the work and ensure that the work is not distorted. It demands no more of the publisher or user than honesty and decency require. I have worked with US libraries and library organisations such a CARL for the past 25 Years, and have never encountered a copyright problem with a UK work that would not have arisen had it been published in the USA. So there should be absolutely no problem. John Cox Rookwood, Bradden Towcester, Northants NN12 8ED United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1327 861184 Email: [log in to unmask] -----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