click-wrap contracts and libraries

I work at a community college library. We would like to be able to lend software to our students. Often the click-wrap or shrink-wrap contracts preclude us from lending the software. I have a theory that I would like to run by you copyright experts. The contract allows us to move the software from one computer to another within our institution, as long as only one copy exists at a time. What if we consider the students part of the institution that owns the license, and therefore loaning them the software to take home is just transferring the software within the organization? We would have a sticker telling them to remove the software from their computer when they return it to the library. Do you think we can lend software to our students under this rationale?

Lloyd

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Lloyd Chittenden
Library Technician
Irvine Valley College Library
5500 Irvine Center Dr.
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone:  (949) 451-5712
E-mail: lchittenden[_at_]ivc.edu
http://www.ivc.edu


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