Copyright Clearance Center Announces Rightsphere(TM): First Comprehensive Rights Advisory & Management Solution for Content Users and Librarians.DANVERS, Mass. -- Web-based Service Bridges Gap between Knowledge Sharing and Copyright Compliance 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 largest provider of text licensing solutions, today announced the launch of Rightsphere(TM), a revolutionary Web-based rights advisory and management service that helps corporations promote collaboration and the free flow of published information while respecting copyright. The first-of-its-kind service, which will debut June 11 at the Annual Conference of the Special Libraries Association (SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. ) in Baltimore, is a major advance for companies that place high value on knowledge sharing and innovation. Rightsphere provides a customized, comprehensive view of all rights assets held by a business and delivers unambiguous answers to the common employee question: "What can I do with this content?" "Rightsphere goes right to the heart of the fear, confusion and complexity that stifle companies from unleashing the value of the content they obtain," says Chuck Richard, Vice President & Lead Analyst, Outsell out·sell tr.v. out·sold , out·sell·ing, out·sells 1. To surpass (another) in an amount sold: a book that outsold all others of its kind. 2. , Inc. "It is a rights performance solution with a major productivity upside Upside The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise. Notes: This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future. See also: Bull, Downside that knocks aside the logs in the corporate rights-clearing logjam log·jam n. 1. An immovable mass of floating logs crowded together. 2. A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse. Noun 1. . It captures CCC's deep understanding of the value of content and the value of rights within an elegant solution for enterprises: deliver more game-changing content to employees with less rights angst angst 1 n. A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression. angst 2 abbr. angstrom and busywork bus·y·work n. Activity, such as schoolwork or office work, meant to take up time but not necessarily yield productive results. Noun 1. ." Rightsphere makes information about a company's content reuse rights instantly available to employees at their desktops, dramatically reducing the time it takes to verify copyright permissions. By consolidating all of these rights assets in a single, easy-to-access repository, Rightsphere enables librarians and information professionals to organize and manage rights by country, city or department. These rights can come from many sources, including CCC's annual licenses and per-use permissions, licenses obtained directly from publishers, aggregators and other information providers and licenses purchased from rights organizations in other countries. Utilizing Rightsphere's powerful administrative application, content and license managers can easily add, modify and delete records about publications, rights conditions and other content information. Global pharmaceutical company Novartis is working with CCC as a charter customer for Rightsphere. Deborah Juterbock, global head of the Novartis Knowledge Center, calls Rightsphere "a key element in our copyright and corporate compliance policies." Market Need CCC designed Rightsphere for organizations that view collaboration as a key driver of innovation and growth. With so much information available at the speed of a keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke , it has never been easier to copy, forward or e-mail content to anyone, at any time. But regularly distributing content without copyright permission violates most corporations' IP compliance policies and conflicts with copyright law. Many companies instruct employees to ask corporate library staff for permission before they share published documents. This is a time-consuming process that disrupts employee workflow, consumes hours of librarian time and ultimately slows collaboration and innovation. To avoid this delay, some employees distribute articles without waiting for permission, violating ethics policies and exposing organizations to claims of copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own . In response, some companies institute restrictive policies on information sharing See data conferencing. , hampering the company's higher mission: to learn and grow. "That's why it's never been more important for companies to know what rights they have, and to give their employees access to them--quickly and easily," says CCC Vice President of Marketing Bill Burger Bill Burger (born 1958) is Vice President of Marketing at the Copyright Clearance Center, the world's leading provider of content licensing solutions for corporations, colleges and universities and former journalist. . "Rightsphere is designed for today's knowledge economy, in which information collaboration See data conferencing. is critical," says Burger. "Published documents are shared among coworkers, customers and business partners at ever-increasing rates, but old methods of rights approval and rights management have failed to keep pace. Rightsphere addresses a company's need to boost knowledge and innovation through better use of its information assets, while also complying with its own ethical and legal policies." How Rightsphere Works Using Rightsphere's administrative tool, librarians can easily enter details of their company's unique content agreements into the system's underlying database. Then, when employees want to use or share copyrighted content, they simply click the Rightsphere button on their browsers and indicate how they wish to use the material. Rightsphere, which requires little training, lets them know instantly, in easy to understand language, if and how they have permission to use the content. If they must purchase permission, they can easily do so using Rightsphere's e-commerce option. Corporate librarians and information managers can generate customized reports and statistics on the use of the service, highlighting trends that for the first time provide insight into the full life cycle of content use throughout the organization. These reports help identify gaps in rights coverage and can help inform future purchasing decisions. John Blossom, president of Shore Communications, says Rightsphere "encourages users to 'do the right thing' with copyright compliance without guesswork," and "will lead to more cost-effective use of content licensing agreements." Rightsphere is scheduled for general availability this fall. About Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center is the world's largest provider of text licensing services. These services, combined with CCC's Web-based applications See Web application. 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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