DIGITAL LICENCE AGREEMENTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC LIBRARY USERS

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1、DIGITALLICENCEAGREEMENTSANDITSEFFECTSONACADEMICLIBRARYUSERSIntroductionLicenceagreementsarelegalagreementsbetweenthesuppliersofdigitaldatabasesandusersthathaveconditionsonuseofthedatabases(Keenan,etal.,2000:154).Theseagreementsareaconsequenceofthebirthofdigitalinform

2、ation.Someoftheselicencesimpliedlyincludethefairdealingexemptionthatwascoinedforprintinformation.Thisfairdealingexemptionallowsscholarstocopyanduseprintedworks,whichhavenotgoneintothepublicdomainwithoutbeingchargedofcopyrightinfringement.Theinclusionoftheprintfairdea

3、lingexemptionindigitalinformationisendorsedbylegislativedigitalactsenactedbycertaincountriesandbylibrarieswhosecommonpracticeistotransfertheexemptiontothedigitalenvironment.Theaimofthispaperistotestwhetherthegloballyacceptedassumptionsthattheprintfairdealingexemption

4、isappropriateinthedigitalenvironment.Inordertotestthisassumption,thispaperfirstexaminestheoriginofprintmediacopyrightlawandthefairdealingexemptions.Secondly,thepaperunveilshowpublishershaverecentlyintroducedaccesslicencestogoverndigitalinformation.Theconsequencesofin

5、appropriatelyincludingthefairdealingexemptioninthedigitalenvironmentarerevealed.Finally,thepaperattemptstoproposechangesinlicensingagreementsinordertoaccommodatetheexemptioninthedigitalrealm.CruxofprintmediacopyrightlawPriortotheemergenceofdigitalinformation,copyrigh

6、tlawgovernedthereproductionorcopyingofprintedinformation.Theappearanceofthefirstcopyrightlawin1710wastheupshotofagitationsfromreligious,ideological,andprovincialprintersresultingfromthesocial,political,andeconomicupheavalsinEnglandatthetime.Thesegroupswereagitatingag

7、ainstthereactionoftheCrowntohaveallprintedworkscontrolledandmonopolizedbytheStationersCompany–aLondonbasedtradeguild(Mergesetal.,2000:345-346).WhenthefirstCopyrightLawwaspromulgatedin1710,itsobjectivewastoencouragelearnedmentocomposeandwriteusefulbooks(Phillipsetal.,

8、1997:5)andnottoprotectcommercialinterest.TheActallowedthepurchasersofprintedbookstoownthecopiesofthebookstheypurchased(Harrison,197