Copyright Clearance Center Announces Annual Copyright License for Academia.Easy-to-Use Service Provides Pre-Approved Copyright Permissions 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. , Inc. (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 largest provider of text-licensing solutions, today announced the launch of the Annual Copyright License for academic institutions, a single license that provides faculty and staff with convenient, pre-approved permissions to use content in course management systems, paper and electronic coursepacks, electronic library reserves, research collaboration and more. Developed in cooperation with several colleges and universities, including charter program member Middlebury College Middlebury College, at Middlebury, Vt.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1800. It is a small liberal arts college noted for its summer language schools, which pioneered in the development of specialized language study. , the Annual Copyright License provides comprehensive, "check-and-go" permission to use content from books, scholarly journals, news and trade magazines and newspapers. Nearly 200 publishers--including Springer, Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Nature Publishing, John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times and Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities Press--have signed on to the new program and more publishers are joining each week. The license covers single- and multi-campus institutions, including international campuses of U.S.-based colleges and universities. By pre-approving the use of content, the Annual Copyright License saves library staff valuable time and reduces the costs associated with tracking and managing high volumes of individual copyright permission requests. * Improved operational efficiencies, reduced time and administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. associated with searching for, obtaining and reconciling copyright permissions on a pay-per-use basis * Uniform set of pre-approved usage rights for paper and electronic coursepacks, course management system postings, classroom handouts, electronic library reserves, research collaboration, and administrative and faculty communication * Broadened awareness of intellectual property on campus "We were happy to be a charter member of the new Annual Copyright License with CCC during the past year and a half," said Jeffrey R. Rehbach, Policy Advisor for Library & Information Services See Information Systems. , Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT), one of the country's leading liberal arts colleges It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. Liberal arts colleges . "We appreciate its institution-wide coverage, which simplifies the use of content in electronic or hard copy format by our faculty and staff. The Annual Copyright License for academic institutions will provide convenient coverage for coursepack creation, e-reserves and course management system postings, making it easier to use content while respecting copyright." CCC's new program builds on the company's vast experience in providing text licensing solutions to businesses and academic institutions. More than 1,000 colleges and universities across the U.S. make use of CCC's licensing services. "The Annual Copyright License balances the needs of academic institutions and publishers," said Kim Zwollo, Global Director, Special Licensing & Rights, at Springer, one of the leading publishers of journals in the science, technology, and medicine (STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ) sector and the largest publisher of STM books. "CCC's approach is effective and intelligent. It brings great efficiencies to content licensing, simplifying and speeding up the process. In so doing, the license will promote more widespread licensing of content on campus. In addition, the license gives publishers the assurance that their content is being used properly." "We believe this license addresses a real need for America's colleges and universities," said Tracey Armstrong, President and Chief Executive Officer of CCC. "It offers a new, efficient approach to text licensing on campus that reduces complexities while making it easier for librarians and staff to manage their permissions programs. We worked very closely with the academic community as well as the publishing community to create this license and we are very encouraged by the initial response it has received." About Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center creates innovative licensing solutions for the seamless sharing of knowledge. CCC's licensing services, combined with its Web-based applications and tools, allow tens of millions of people in corporations, universities, 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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