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Producer Concerns in Licensing Content

Abstract This article addresses the issues in licensing content from the perspective of the database producers/aggregators. The producers of aggregated databases must balance the needs and interests of the publishers whose content they license, along with the interests and concerns of the library customers. Topics addressed include the publishers' desire to protect revenues and subscriptions; publishers' interest in maintaining control over how content is built and displayed; royalty and pricing issues; miscellaneous other contractual issues between publishers and database producers; difficulties in licensing premium content and in licensing content from large inter-governmental organizations; and the growing number of exclusive agreements between publishers and database producers. The article seeks to engender greater understanding among librarians about the licensing issues faced by producers of aggregated databases and advocates some radical rethinking of business models among publishers, aggregators, and library customers.