The librarian's legal companion for licensing information resources and services
By: Tomas A. Lipinski
Series: The legal advisor for librarians, educators, & information professionals -- no. 4
Publisher: Neal-Schuman, An imprint of the American Library Association; Neal-Schuman Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781555707972
Subjects: Librarians; Handbooks, manuals; Copyright licenses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The information acquisition landscape today; title: Basic contract law concepts; title: Contract formation and enforceability; title: Broader legal and policy issues in licensing; title: E-sign and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; title: Negotiated and nonnegotiated licenses; title: Shrink-wrap, click-wrap, and browse-wrap licenses; title: The end user license agreement; title: General public licenses, open source agreements, and creative commons; title: Basic music and media licenses; title: The developing law of implied licenses; title: The future look of licenses; title: A basic licensing glossary, A-Z; title: Four common library licenses deconstructed; title: Twenty key clauses to look for in every license; title: Look before you license : 125 questions and answers for evaluating licenses.