Sally,
Regarding use by businesses -the terms of the license are on the PLS website
and do not allow for "commercial use":
http://www.pls.org.uk/Pages/Licence%20Agreement_A2R.pdf
"For the avoidance of any doubt, the Licensee agrees and acknowledges that
the following
activities are not permitted at any time under this Agreement:
(a) any Commercial Use of any of the Licensed Material"
and
"Commercial Use means use for the purposes of monetary reward (whether by or
for the Licensee, a Registered User or any other person) by means of the
sale, resale, loan, transfer, hire or other form of exploitation of the
Licensed Material. In particular, for the avoidance of any doubt, the
recovery of actual costs incurred in providing technical facilities relating
to use of the Licensed Material in accordance with clause 3.1(b) is not
Commercial Use, but the use of the Licensed Material in the course of
research for or funded by a commercial organisation is Commercial Use"
I'm not sure how this squares with the David Wiletts comment in the link you
cite that: [Access to Research] "will connect people, including students and
*small businesses*, to a wealth of global knowledge - maximising its impact
and value."
Ken
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Subject: Access to ejournals for small businesses too...
This article and comment by David Willetts implies that the e-journal
content now available through public libraries IS for use by small
businesses - as well as many others
http://www.virtual-college.co.uk/news/Public-libraries-placing-learning-reso
urces-online-newsitems-801689946.aspx
Sally
Sally Curry
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