Copyright Clearance Center Announces New Digital Transactional License.Business/Technology Editors DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2002 Marcel Dekker, Thomson Media, AMACOM AMACOM American Management Association , American Lawyer Media ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and real estate communities. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including and Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 70%-owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust Group, was founded in 1969. It is the market leader on international financial publishing and event organisation. are among the early publisher participants. 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. ) today launched a transactional licensing service to enable case-by-case permissions for digital reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials. This transactional service complements CCC's digital repertory licensing and allows external uses. Under this new service, customers request permission to e-mail or post material on their Internet or Extranet sites. Most common digital uses are covered, including PC-to-PC faxing and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). transmissions. "This service provides the only centralized means for users to license digital use on an as needed as needed prn. See prn order. basis", said David Dekker, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Marcel Dekker Inc., an international publisher of scientific, technical and medical journals. "We are extremely pleased to be able to provide more efficient access for customers while retaining licensing control of our intellectual property." Rights owners set their own royalty fees and terms and conditions, based on types of digital uses sought by customers. Using a secure section on CCC's copyright.com, rights owners can authorize usage on a request-by-request basis. "Users have been emphatic in their calls for a digital license for external use. Augmenting CCC's centralized licensing operation with this digital transactional service meets those needs" said Tracey Armstrong, CCC's vice president, transactional services. "It is a fundamental building block in CCC's digital licensing suite, complementing the digital repertory license which focuses on internal use." About Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, is the world's largest licensing agent for text reproduction rights and the provider of many licensing services for reproducing copyrighted materials in print and electronic formats. The company was formed in 1978 to facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright law. CCC currently manages rights relating to over 1.75 million works and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators, directly or through their representatives. CCC-licensed customers in the U.S. number over 10,000 corporations and subsidiaries (including most of the Fortune 100 companies), as well as thousands of government agencies, law firms, document suppliers, libraries, academic institutions, copy shops and bookstores. CCC can be found on the World Wide Web at copyright.com. Copyright Clearance Center and the CCC logo are registered trademarks of Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. |
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