The librarian's legal companion for licensing information resources and services [electronic resource] / Tomas A. Lipinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipinski, Tomas A., 1958-

Series:

Legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright licenses--United States.

Copyright licenses.

Librarians--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Librarians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (762 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Neal-Schuman, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

You'll save time, money, and unnecessary stress by putting the law on your side with this all-in-one guide to buying and licensing agreements.

Contents:

Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: BEFORE YOU READ THE LICENSE: ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND CONCEPTS; Chapter 1: THE INFORMATION ACQUISITION LANDSCAPE TODAY; Chapter 2: BASIC CONTRACT LAW CONCEPTS; Chapter 2: CONTRACT FORMATION AND ENFORCEABILITY; Chapter 4: BROADER LEGAL AND POLICY ISSUES IN LICENSING; PART II: THE RANGE AND NATURE OF INFORMATION RESOURCE LICENSES THAT LIBRARIES ENCOUNTER; Chapter 5: ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT AND THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT; Chapter 6: NEGOTIATED AND NON-NEGOTIATED LICENSES

Chapter 7: SHRINK-WRAP, CLICK-WRAP, AND BROWSE-WRAP LICENSES Chapter 8: END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS (WEBSITES); Chapter 9: GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSES, OPEN SOURCE AGREEMENTS, AND CREATIVE COMMONS AGREEMENTS; Chapter 10: BASIC MUSIC AND MEDIA LICENSES; Chapter 11: THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT; Chapter 12: THE DEVELOPING LAW OF IMPLIED LICENSES; Chapter 13: THE FUTURE LOOK OF LICENSES; PART III: A LICENSING REFERENCE TOOLKIT FOR EVERYDAY USE; Chapter 14: A BASIC LICENSING GLOSSARY; Chapter 15: FOUR COMMON LIBRARY LICENSES DECONSTRUCTED

Chapter 16: TWENTY SAMPLE KEY CLAUSES TO LOOK FOR IN CONTENT LICENSESChapter 17: LOOK BEFORE YOU LICENSE: 126 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR EVALUATING LICENSES; Case Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 11, 2013).

ISBN:

1-55570-919-2

OCLC:

839304752