Publishing Technology to integrate CCC’s Rightsconnect licensing functionality with IngentaConnect - June 4, 2009
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… Read More
University of Texas System expands its use of Copyright Clearance Center’s Annual Copyright License - June 3, 2009
Non-profit copyright licensing solution provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that the University of Texas System has expanded its adoption of CCC's Annual Copyright License from its Austin campus to the entire UT System, covering more than 150,000 undergraduate and graduate students and nearly… Read More
Publishers’ Association reports success with anti-piracy web tool - June 1, 2009
An anti-piracy web tool launched by the Publishers' Association, UK, in February has reportedly recorded about 800 illegally uploaded texts. The tool has successfully helped to remove almost 90 percent of these from the web. The Association's Copyright Infringement portal fights online piracy by targeting those… Read More
American Institute of Physics expands use of Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink service - June 1, 2009
Non-profit copyright licensing solution provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has expanded its use of Rightslink. Rightslink is an online service from CCC that provides a content licensing solution for publishers. By expanding its use of the… Read More
JustSystems in partnership with Mark Logic for streamlined data aggregation - May 15, 2009
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, and JustSystems, an independent software vendor in Japan, have announced a technology partnership. The alliance will enable enterprise organisations to streamline data aggregation, content creation and publishing of financial reports using XBRL. Details of how the two companies… Read More
Online petition seeks greater transparency in patent information in India - May 15, 2009
An Indian online forum on intellectual property rights has reportedly called for more transparency in the country's patent system and for information to be more easily accessible. A petition in this regard has been launched with the Indian patent authorities. The recently launched online petition follows an earlier petition submitted… Read More
LWW selects CCC’ Rightslink service for easy ordering of permissions online - May 11, 2009
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has teamed up with the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Rightslink system to automate online ordering of copyright permissions. Rightslink claims to be the most widely used web-based licensing application,… Read More
Library associations moot vigorous judicial oversight of Google Book Search settlement - May 6, 2009
The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries have filed comments with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for the judge to consider in his ruling on the proposed Google Book Search… Read More
American Psychological Association to implement plagiarism detection service from CrossRef - May 5, 2009
Publisher linking services provider CrossRef, US, has announced that the American Psychological Association (APA) will implement CrossCheck, the plagiarism screening service powered by iThenticate. The Association is the 50th participant to implement the plagiarism service. Launched in June 2008, CrossCheck is a cooperative service from CrossRef… Read More
Poor practices by online sites leads to loss of revenue and rights, says study - May 1, 2009
iCopyright, a US-based provider of intelligent copyright systems for digital content, has published a study according to which online publishers are losing significant revenue and, in many cases, the rights to their material, because of the way they implement 'Article Tools' on their web pages. Article… Read More
