Copyright Clearance Center Launches OzmoTM to Help Photographers, Bloggers and other Artists License Content for Commercial Use.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. , the world's largest provider of copyright licensing solutions, today announced the beta launch of Ozmo (www.ozmo.com), a web-based service that makes it easy for independent content creators See content provider. to license the use of their work for commercial purposes and for content users to tap into the wealth of user generated content found online. Ozmo puts artists and writers in control. They select their license terms and set the price for the use of their content. Then, 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. puts its three decades of licensing expertise to work. CCC handles the entire licensing process and all payments go through Amazon's Flexible Payment Service when a license is purchased. With Ozmo, buyers know instantly that they have the right to use the content and sellers know how their content is being used. There are no set-up fees with Ozmo and content creators can license as much content as they want. Payment is collected from the buyer when the rights are purchased. Ozmo even helps sellers track and manage sales and buying trends. Ozmo supports the Creative Commons An organization that has defined an alternative to copyrights by filling in the gap between full copyright, in which no use is permitted without permission, and public domain, where permission is not required at all. CC+ protocol for bridging the gap between commercial and noncommercial licensing. Content creators can apply the Creative Commons link for noncommercial use, and the Ozmo link for commercial use. "We applaud the release of Ozmo, not only because it represents Copyright Clearance Center's commitment to the CC+ protocol, but also because Ozmo provides an excellent commercial peer to Creative Commons' public license", said Mike Linksvayer, Vice President of Creative Commons. Ozmo was created by the rights licensing experts at Copyright Clearance Center. A not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. company founded in 1978, CCC is the world's largest provider of rights licensing services. In just the last year, CCC distributed more than $135 million in royalties to rightsholders. CCC created Ozmo in response to a market need for a comprehensive solution to license usergenerated content for commercial use. "Advances in digital technology have opened new commercial markets for images. OZMO provides an easy, fast and legally secure new channel for online sale and license of images," said Eugene Mopsik, executive director of the American Society of Media Photographers The American Society of Media Photographers, abbreviated ASMP, is a society of professional photographers, including many photojournalists but also experts in architectural, underwater, culinary and advertising photography and other specialties. , the premier trade association for publication photographers with over 7000 members. "Ozmo's contributors and their customers will benefit from an e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. system based upon industry standards that simplify the licensing process and ensure a precise mutual understanding of the rights associated with every image." How Ozmo works To get started, users need only create a free Ozmo profile. Then, the content creator selects his or her license terms and pricing, and registers the work with Ozmo. Sellers can add an image, banner or bio that will be displayed with their work. Profile information can even be pulled over directly from Facebook. Using Ozmo is easy because it works with content where ever it resides online. Content creators never have to reenter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. their work; Ozmo simply links back to the original host location. Buyers, such as design firms, publishers, bloggers and other journalists, who want to tap in to the fresh content available through Ozmo, can do so by searching the Ozmo website or clicking on the Ozmo link wherever they find it online. CCC handles the billing, the buyer receives the license by email and the content creator gets paid. It's that simple. "We realize that licensing may not be the first thing most people think about when they create or post original content on the Web," said 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. , Vice President of Marketing at Copyright Clearance Center. "With Ozmo, content creators get paid for their work and also get the satisfaction of knowing how their work is being used. And advertising and marketing firms get easy access to the immense supply of online creative content with the peace of mind that they are using it with permission." About Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, creates innovative licensing solutions for the seamless sharing of knowledge. CCC's licensing services, combined with its 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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