Not exact matches
Here, let me summarize a report (from January 25, 2013) from the Digital Content & Libraries Working Group (DCWG) that discusses the 15 items in The
Ebook Business Model Scorebook used to create library
licensing agreements or
contracts.
Houghton also sounded a forceful call for librarians take a stand against
ebooks locked up in restrictive DRM or
licensed under unfavorable terms, saying that if these issues aren't fixed by the time a
contract is up, her library will simply refuse to renew.
But
ebooks are not sold, they're
licensed for use and the terms of usage are controlled through
contract by the publisher.
For
ebooks, the publisher in its
contract shall replace the traditional «out of print» clause that triggers a rights reversion with a sales volume clause and / or a finite term of
license.