Copyright Information

In 1977, a group of publishers, authors and content users got together and established a not for profit organization, based in the United States, with the name Copyright Clearance Center. This organization started with the activities on January 1st, 1078. What they basically do is provide solutions for interested individuals, businesses and academic entities to get their hands on all available text resources with licenses to use them. They advertize that many corporations, law firms, government agencies and universities rely on them to get and share published content. Various licensing possibilities exist, like pay per use and annual subscription license. Copyright Clearance Center is a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations, which is a worldwide network ensuring global licensed content use. Their copyright information is very interesting and up to date, including the latest news from the copyright world. When visiting their site, make sure you take a snoop in their copyright central. It seems like the task the Copyright Clearance Center has set for the company's goal is to provide any and all published book, or written word, for licensing to anyone who is willing to license it. With the almost unlimited resources available and willing authors and publishers at hand, they provide interconnection possibilities for all people involved. The fees are reasonable and the choice vast. A search option for publications is available, fast search can look for the publication title, ISBN or ISSN numbers. An advanced search option gives more possibilities, like separate searches for pay per use customers, business customers with an annual license and academic clients with an annual license. Detailed information is everywhere, whereby the whole site is created like a shopping portal, similar to amazon.com. What I am more curious about is the website domain name. How did they manage to snatch copyright.com? When performing a search, you can immediately define the permission type definition as well. All permission types are selectable, but also photocopies for business use, for academic use, for use in e-mails, republishing a book and many other choices. It seems like this is a one stop - service all kind of business, where every single participant is supposed to get exactly what they are looking for. The authors and publishers are looking for licensing possibilities to increase the exploit of the written work, the businesses and academic personnel are looking for affordable and legal ways to license written material vital for their own activities. What seems like a very good idea is actually a great opportunity for all parties involved to simplify and expedite their respective work.