LIBER licensing principles for electronic information

Unfortunately the cost of digital information is not any lower than than printed information. On the contrary, the cost is generally even markedly higher. Many commercial publishers offer electronic versions of their journals for sale only in combination with the printed ones, and request for these electronic versions a rise in subscription price that varies with each publisher, but usually exceeds 10%. It should be noted that a small number, together with some learned societies, have decided (temporarily?) to avoid a rise. Some publishers and not the smallest ones when negotiating licences demand a number of supplementary conditions that do not facilitate the decision about closing such licences.