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What’s New in Database Licensing? An Infopeople Webcast Presenter: Sybil Boutilier sboutilier@sfpl.org Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m
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Agenda Licensing Language Permissions, Prohibitions and Pricing Common and Creative Contracts Technology Trends Industry Issues Legislation and Litigation Q & A
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Housekeeping New interface! HorizonLive is now HorizonWimba Today’s webcast: presentation: 50 minutes Q&A: final 10 minutes Submit your questions via ‘Chat’ during webcast so presenter gets them in time Fill out evaluation during Q&A Don’t wait for Q&A to submit questions Webcast Archives: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/archived.html
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When to Use Chat Chat Area ThereList of Participants There Get help with technical difficulties send message to “HorizonHelp” Ask presenter questions send message to “ALL” Chat with other participants “select name from dropdown list”
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Licensing Language Definitions Grant of License Authorized Users User Guidelines General Legal Provisions
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Permissions, Prohibitions & Pricing Who are the users and what does the license permit them to do? What does the license prohibit them from doing? How is the price determined?
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Pesky Permissions Non-standard User Definitions Non-standard Site Definitions Permitted Uses “Grant of License” “User terms may change from time to time and be posted without notice on the Web”
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Prohibiting Provisions Interlibrary Loan “May only show to immediate family” “No automated agents, web- crawling or screen scraping”
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Problems with Pricing Pricing Based on Population Counts Consortium Pricing Content Instability Content Redundancy Pay Per View Statistics Collection
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Common Contract Content Library Version standard license agreement http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/standlicagree.html Vendor Version suggested language from collaboration of subscription agents http://www.licensingmodels.com/ Library - Friendly Terms
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Open Movement Open Access – Free Viewing National Institutes of Health Open Source – Free Code Linux Open Content – Free to Add to Content
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Creative Contract Concepts New Licensing Models: Creative Commons License attribution only Developing Nations License no limits for “underdeveloped” countries
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Technology Trends New Commercial Strategies for Computer Equipment and Software Digital Rights Management Trusted Computers
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Digital Rights Management New Operating Systems e.g. MS Palladium/Longhorn/NGSCB May Control Use of Material May Limit Duration of File May Facilitate Micro-payments Can Restrict Fair Use
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Trusted Computers Trusted Computer Group (TCG) Hardware Re-enforces DRM Software Can Isolate Un-trusted Computers Could Disable “Questionable” Files
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Interesting Industry Issues New Business Models and Evolving Relationships among Online Providers Acquisitions and Reconfiguration of Online Providers
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New Business Models Publishers’ Deals With Search Engines Online Bookstores Dealing in Content
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Acquisitions & Reconfigurations Company Sales and Re-sales Reconfiguration of Products or Divisions
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Existing Legislation & Litigation Tasini vs. New York Times Database Protection Act Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
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Legislation To Watch Washington Office/Advocacy Program Office of Information Technology Policy (OITP) online briefs on pending legislation Federal Legislation Monitored by American Library Association (ALA)
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The Good--- Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (HR107)Rep. Boucher (D-VA), REP. Doolittle (R-CA) Consumers, School s & Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act (S 1621) Sen. Brownback (R-KS) Benefit Authors w/o Limiting Advancement & Net Consumers Expectations ( BALANCE ) (HR 1066) Rep. Lofgren (D-CA)
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The Bad--- Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (HR3261) Rep. Coble (R-NC) and the less bad… Consumer Access to Information Act (HR3872) Rep. Stearns (R-FL)
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The Ugly--- Inducing Infringement of Copyright Act (S2560) Sen. Hatch (R-UT) Sen. Leahy (D-VT) Piracy Deterrence & Education Act (HR4077) Rep. Smith (R-TX) Protecting Intellectual Rights against Theft & Expropriation (PIRATE) (S2237) Sen. Hatch (R-UT) Sen. Leahy (D-VT)
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A Proliferation of Licenses Subscriptions /Standing Orders Sarbanes/Oxley Act (SOX404) accounting Law for Public Companies mandates Record Keeping Requirements
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A License for a BOOK!
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Q & A Thank you for participating. Sybil Boutilier San Francisco Public Library sboutilier@sfpl.org
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