CCC, a leading organization in advancing copyright, has signed a bilateral agreement with the Malaysia Reprographic Rights Centre (MARC) to support its operations and the development of copyright-compliant content consumption in Malaysia. The agreement enables MARC to include CCC’s comprehensive rights catalogue in the licenses it offers to educational and academic institutions in Malaysia. MARC is an independent, not-for-profit organization acting as a collective licensing organization on behalf of publishers, authors, and visual creators in Malaysia.
CCC’s International Advancement Program has been dedicated to the progress of collective licensing efforts around the world for more than ten years, and the program complements the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) development activities. The program helps Reproduction Rights Organizations (RROs) as they start or develop their operations and may include operational and technical support, training, marketing, educational tools, and more. It encourages bilateral agreements to make it easier for emerging RROs to obtain the critical rights needed to establish or advance their businesses and further the use of collective licenses.
The bilateral agreement signed between CCC and MARC is an important milestone for MARC, as it expands their reach and supports them in becoming a more effective and efficient copyright management organization. The exchange of rights with CCC will help them better serve their members and content users and increase the market for their licensing services.
CCC has helped several RROs get established and grow, including The Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS) of the Philippines, The Centro de Administración de Derechos Reprográficos, Asociación Civil (CADRA) of Argentina, The Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (Jamcopy), The Reprographic Rights Organization of Ghana (CopyGhana), The Zambia Reprographic Rights Society (ZARRSO), and The Centro Colombiano de Derechos Reprográficos (CDR) of Colombia.
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