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Brian said: > I assume this will mean that any organisation which signs up > will not be allowed to link to competitors such as Amazon. <SNIP> > Any comments on this? Waterstone's approached us (and many other universities, they told me) during the summer to set up affiliate links from our site. We were quite happy to do this, but a little put off when they sent us several pages of legalistic agreement. Buried in there were two clauses that we particularly disliked: 1. A Blackwell's-type exclusivity commitment, which Waterstone's agreed to remove. 2. Far worse: a clause that meant either party could only withdraw from the agreement after six months' notice... Our interpretation of JANET AUP is that discreet affiliate-type links on our website are okay, but if that turns out to be incorrect, or if the AUP changes, Waterstone's agreement potentially left us in a position where for six months we would be contraveneing one agreement or another! We're still discussing this with Waterstone's but won't sign up on these terms. Keith ----------------------------------------- Keith Brooke Web Officer, University of Essex [log in to unmask] 01206 874327 Web support: http://www2.essex.ac.uk/wag/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%