RSiCopyright to Provide United Press International with Digital Content-Licensing Services.Business Editors ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2004 New services simplify online reprint reprint An individually bound copy of an article in a journal or science communication requests by organizations and individuals; agreement marks 1st content-licensing arrangement for UPI UPI abbr. United Press International RSiCopyright today announced that United Press International will manage reprint and other online content licensing requests with RSiCopyright's Instant Clearance Service(TM) and Clip&Copy(TM) services. The services will allow readers to easily obtain UPI online content and photographs for Web sites, marketing materials and promotional or educational purposes. RSiCopyright's Instant Clearance Service is a Web-based content licensing system that will allow UPI to immediately track and fulfill 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. requests. By clicking on RSiCopyright's "house" icon located under online UPI articles, readers can purchase the reprint rights they need while helping them comply with international copyright laws. UPI distributes news online through newspapers, magazines and a variety of other media partners. The media partners will have the option to use RSiCopyright's content licensing system for UPI online articles. RSiCopyright's Clip&Copy service is a free, online news-clipping service that identifies licensable online content. Clip&Copy will offer readers the option to purchase online and print licensing rights for UPI content. By filling out an account profile on www.rsicopyright.com, readers receive news stories that meet their detailed search criteria. RSiCopyright's downstream tracking system will allow UPI to track each request and know which media partner is receiving the request. Because the media partner will be able to license UPI content, the request will generate revenue for both the media partner and UPI. "One of the reasons we chose RSiCopyright was for its ease of use on both ends of the equation - for the users of our content and to free up our own internal resources," states Bill Creighton, VP Global Sales & Marketing of UPI. "We are pleased that this new partnership assures that UPI content can now be of use to a broader audience." "UPI has never had a formal process for fulfilling reprint requests, so this opens up a significant opportunity for them to better serve their media partners and readers," said Corey Johnson, president of RSiCopyright. "The benefits to UPI are twofold - our services make reprint requests for online content a streamlined and quick process for readers, and our tracking system helps generate a new source of revenue for UPI and its media partners." How Readers Access RSiCopyright Services Readers click on the RSiCopyright icon located at the bottom of the online article. They can then choose how they want to license the content. Options include Web reprints, Adobe(R) Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. (R) PDFs, bulk formatted e-mail, permission-to-use or photocopy license. Organizations and individuals also can request customized hard-copy reprints or custom e-prints. About RSiCopyright RSiCopyright provides an expansive collection of content marketing tools, custom reprints, digital licensing services and Clip&Copy(TM), an online news clipping (1) Cutting off the outer edges or boundaries of a word, signal or image. In rendering an image, clipping removes any objects or portions thereof that are not visible on screen. See scissoring. See also WCA. service. It helps publishers protect, license and track their intellectual property, and users obtain the proper license to reprint or reuse copyrighted works in the format they desire. RSiCopyright's users have legal access to articles from hundreds of online and printed publications, including The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Business Media, Inc. and PRIMEDIA Business. RSiCopyright serves more than 50,000 corporate and educational users in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In 2003, Reprint Services of St. Paul became RSiCopyright after acquiring the iCopyright Instant Clearance Service customer base and an exclusive worldwide master license from Data Depth Corp. of Seattle. For more information, visit www.rsicopyright.com. About UPI Since 1907, United Press International (UPI) has been a leading provider of critical information to media outlets, businesses, governments, and researchers worldwide. Covering a wide range of topics, UPI's journalists provide in-depth reporting of major news events and offer unique analysis of global issues affecting business and policy decisions. UPI products include original content in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Headquarters are in Washington, DC, with offices in Beirut, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , London, Santiago, Seoul and Tokyo. Adobe(R), Acrobat(R) are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. 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