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The Analysis on the Core Clauses of the Digital Resources License Agreement and Avoidance of Risk Thereof
Received date: 2016-03-07
Revised date: 2016-07-11
Online published: 2016-08-20
[Purpose/significance] The digital resources license agreement is critical to the library. This paper points out the potential legal risk after analyzing the core clauses of the license agreement and provides some suggestions to diminish the risk in the licensing agreement. [Method/process] On analyzing the core clauses of the license agreement, This paper utilizes the comparison method and case study methods. [Result/conclusion] Library should take full consideration of the authorized users to refrain from excessive limitation on the authorized activities and makes reasonable allocation on the contractual liabilities between the licensor and the libraries, add the quality warranty, right warranty and performance guarantee by digital warranty clause into the contract, and endeavor to choose the PRC's law as the applicable law and choose the dispute resolution clause in favor of the library to low down the contractual legal risk borne by the libraries and safeguard their legal interest.
Key words： digital resources; license agreement; clauses analysis; risk avoidance
Xiang Jiali , Zhuang Yuyou . The Analysis on the Core Clauses of the Digital Resources License Agreement and Avoidance of Risk Thereof[J]. Library and Information Service, 2016 , 60(16) : 73 -78,85 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2016.16.008
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