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Short Legal Digression: Some clauses in a contract under the laws of most US states are simply unenforceable. For example, a contract can not call for a fixed dollar penalty on breach unless the number is a "reasonable estimate of expected damages". Similarly, in many places (including New York City), a residential lease can not excuse the landlord's negligence. Nonetheless, for many years the NYC standard rental agreement did have such a clause.
That said, the actual Ct. legislation simply prohibits a library from entering into a agreement with a proscribed provision. The relevant text reads: "no library in the state shall enter into or renew any contract or license agreement with a
publisher that ...."
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