AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- LIBRARY EBOOK CONTRACTS

Summary

The act requires every contract between a Rhode Island library and a publisher or aggregator for ebooks or digital audiobooks to be governed by state law and to omit any terms that limit the library’s ability to lend, preserve, or set loan periods. It declares such prohibited clauses unfair, void and provides legal remedies, but enforcement will only start after the attorney general confirms similar laws exist in at least four other states covering ten million people.

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