Non-profit copyright licensing solution provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, and publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, have announced that they will integrate Rightsconnect licensing functionality with the scholarly hosting platform, IngentaConnect.
Publishing Technology's publishers will now be able to offer their users instant permission to license and reuse their content right where they view it, all in a matter of minutes. Users simply click the "Get Permissions" button and they can instantly search, price and pay for permission to use and share content. CCC handles royalty collection and automatically distributes checks back to the publisher.
IngentaConnect is a fully outsourced e-publishing solution that provides comprehensive collection management, current awareness and document delivery facilities for over 13,500 publications. The convenience of the integration with CCC helps improve the online experience for IngentaConnect's more than 1 million end users, while simplifying publishers' permissions processes and helping them derive additional revenue from the secondary use of their content.
