World IP Day Celebrates Creativity

Apr 24, 2016 | Copyright, International

April 26 is World IP Day – an occasion for reflection on the centrality of intellectual property in our lives today. As organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization, World IP Day explores the issues of our collective, global cultural future. Digital...

London Book Fair Countdown

Mar 27, 2016 | Copyright, Events

Approaching April, the book business sets course for London and the city’s annual Book Fair. Copyright Clearance Center hosts special programming on “The Next Wave” for Open Access publishing and examines “The Data Dilemma.” You are invited to join the discussion...

The Technology of the Book

Feb 28, 2016 | Digital Transformation

New technologies engage the human mind in many ways.  Depending on one’s perspective, the latest gadget is either a miracle or a menace. Michael Greer, who teaches the online course The Technology of the Book: Past, Present, and Future for the University of...

Mass Digitization – Progress, Goals, and Roadblocks

Jan 31, 2016 | Copyright, Events

Technology companies today are willing and able to digitize copyrighted works on a scale never imagined before. Copyright owners have raised concerns over their right to do so, and the consequences of mass digitization on publishers’ businesses and accessibility of...

All-in-One Conference: Copyright and Technology

Jan 10, 2016 | Copyright

It’s a truism in intellectual property that copyright legislation is in a never-ending race with technology, and always playing catch-up. When copyright and technology first found themselves in this circular arrangement, the disruptive technology of the moment was the...

A New High-Water Mark on Transformative Use — Update on the Google Books Case

Nov 15, 2015 | Copyright

In his written opinion affirming an earlier find that Google’s book scanning project was “fair use” under U.S. copyright law, Judge Pierre Laval did more – and also less – than hand the search engine giant a win in court, notes attorney Lois Wasoff. As Wasoff...

Authors, Front & Center

Oct 18, 2015 | Copyright, Events

For the opening of CCC’s annual “Town Meeting” on Open Access at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the shift underway in scholarly publishing to an author-centric world took center stage. In a one-on-one “keynote” interview last Thursday morning, CCC’s Chris Kenneally spoke...

Open Access Special: Making An Asset of Compliance and Reporting

Oct 16, 2015 | Copyright, Events

The Next Wave of Open Access is coming on fast. Scholarly publishing must move beyond a single-issue focus on Article Processing Charges to address end-to-end solutions that engage authors throughout the workflow. To maintain a robust and transparent Open Access...

Open Access, The Next Wave

Oct 15, 2015 | Copyright, Events

The Next Wave of Open Access is coming on fast. Scholarly publishing must move beyond a single-issue focus on Article Processing Charges to address end-to-end solutions that engage authors throughout the workflow. At a Frankfurt Book Fair panel discussion organized...

Europe’s E-books Challenge

Oct 11, 2015 | Digital Transformation

Let’s face it, says Rüdiger Wischenbart, not one prediction about the future direction of eBooks has been proven right, no matter where you look around the world. According to the Vienna-based publishing consultant and author of the annual Global eBook Report, the...