Blackwell Publishing Streamlines Copyright Permissions With Rightslink; Copyright Clearance Center's Online Solution Helps Blackwell Address Growth in Permission Requests.DANVERS, Mass. -- Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials. (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ), the world's premier provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, today announced that Blackwell Publishing has selected Rightslink(R) as its automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. , online permissions licensing solution. Blackwell Publishing, the world's leading society publisher which publishes more than 800 scholarly journals and has more than 6,000 books in print, is using Rightslink to instantly license customer requests to reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. content from its journals. The global publisher processes more than 2,000 permission requests per month, a volume that has grown at an annual rate of between 5 and 10 percent. "We have used CCC for permissions licensing for years, so it was a natural step to adopt Rightslink as well," said Karen Gibson, Associate Rights Director, Blackwell Publishing. "It is a highly intuitive solution that makes it easy for customers anywhere in the world to request permission to re-use material from Blackwell's journals. By dealing with routine permissions requests, Rightslink has enabled our staff to focus on more complex customer needs. We view Rightslink as a major component of our overall customer service strategy." Rightslink enables Blackwell customers to secure permissions for digital content directly from their online platform, www.blackwell-synergy.com. The Web-based solution has reduced Blackwell's administrative burden, while helping to improve turnaround times (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. . "Rightslink's flexible and customizable interface has enabled Blackwell to implement the service to reflect its unique workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. and business models," said Michael Joyce
Michael Joyce (b. , Rightslink Business Manager, CCC. "Rightslink is the ideal solution for Blackwell, which seeks to offer improved customer service and to have its publications as widely used as possible." About Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher, partnering with 665 academic, medical, and professional societies. Blackwell publishes over 800 journals and has over 6,000 books in print. The company remains independent with over 925 staff members in offices in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore, China, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. Blackwell's mission as an expert publisher is to create long-term partnerships with our clients that enhance learning, disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. research, and improve the quality of professional practice. For more information on Blackwell Publishing, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com or www.blackwell-synergy.com About Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organization, is the world's largest licensing agent for text reproduction rights and provider of licensing services for reproducing copyrighted materials in print and electronic formats. CCC manages rights for thousands of publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators, either directly or through their representatives. CCC-licensed customers in the U.S. number over 10,000 corporations and subsidiaries (including nearly all of the Fortune 100), as well as thousands of government agencies, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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