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Email, intranets, databases, collaboration platforms - employees in all kinds of organizations reuse and share published information on a daily basis. Collaboration is essential in modern, efficient companies, and digital sharing of copyright-protected content is one of its major components. This routine sharing, however, represents a very specific challenge when it comes to obtaining the necessary permissions to do so. Copyright compliance can get more complicated when employees reuse both domestic and international materials across borders, in multiple countries. RightsDirect's Joerg Weizendoerfer speaks with Joint CEOs Rainer Just and Robert Staats about the new VG WORT Digital Copyright License, how CCC and RightsDirect are involved, the publications and content uses the license covers and how it fits into the German copyright system. Listen now.
Across Europe, magazine publishers have greeted the arrival of the Apple iPad with cheers. As media consumption of such tablets and other handheld devices grows in popularity, publishers see an opportunity to establish new business models for digital news and entertainment. Subscriptions and app purchases are among the ways magazines hope to engage readers and remain economically sustainable. Keynote speaker at the Future Media Lab conference in Brussels Juan Señor wryly observed that if publishers are to be successful, consumers may come to equate iPad with iPay. RightsDirect's Victoriano Colodrón spoke with EMMA's (European Magazine Media Assocation) Executive Director, Max von Abendroth about the impact of the iPad in publishing and how some in the industry are looking at new business models for transaction selling (one or two articles versus the entire publication). Listen now.
German copyright collective management society, VG WORT, has developed a license and concluded a new business arrangement with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) to meet the licensing needs of German organizations and their worldwide subsidiaries. RightsDirect is the licensing agent in Germany for VG WORT.
The new VG WORT Digital Copyright License simplifies copyright compliance by providing employees of German organizations and their worldwide subsidiaries with the rights to share content around the world from millions of German and international information sources while respecting the intellectual property rights of others.
The new license includes rights from more than 12,000 international rightsholders as well as 400,000 German authors and publishers including Beck, Thieme, Springer, De Gruyter and Hanser.
Learn more about the VG WORT Digital Copyright License.
It’s a decade since the European Commission set out to create a uniform regime in Europe for intellectual property rights. For the tenth anniversary of that important effort – the 2001 InfoSoc Directive – the Commission presented in 2011 a new strategic approach, linking promotion and protection of IP rights as a way to boost creativity and innovation.
“One of the things the Commission said they would focus on was to push for a solution for multi-territorial licensing in Europe,” Victoriano Colodron of RightsDirect, CCC’s European subsidiary, explained to CCC’s Chris Kenneally. “They clearly see that there is a market gap – there is a problem. European citizens in one country cannot access efficient licensing solutions online for digital content across all member states. And the Commission is very much committed to solving that. That’s going to have huge implications in the copyright arena in Europe.”
The two spoke recently in a review of developments over the last 12 months in copyright law and legislation in France, Great Britain, and around the Continent. Colodron is the occasional host of special programs from RightsDirect within the Beyond the Book series. From 2000 to 2010, he held the post of Deputy CEO for CEDRO, the Spanish Reproduction Rights Organization. Listen now.
Not only publishers feel the impact of the digital revolution. For better and for worse, authors around the world face new questions and new challenges brought by the Internet and the rise of social media. Personal branding and marketing; new income sources and remuneration schemes; copyright protection and licensing; even the act of writing itself – all these are evolving into new forms.
RightsDirect's Victoriano Colodrón speaks with Natalie Ariën of VAV, the Flemish Authors’ Association, about this changing climate for authors and the many challenges that arise across different regions and communities. Listen now.
In the November/December issue of ONLINE Magazine, RightsDirect's Victoriano Colodron discusses collective licensing around the world. Read article.
RightsDirect, CCC and STM (the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers) have assembled a group of industry thought leaders, policy makers and executives for a day-long forum on Data Mining and Text Mining. This discussion will cover technology options, business and rights management issues and future benefits to research and discovery. Please note: This event is by invitation only.
The forum will take place on 8 March, 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Learn more about the event.
Bringing together copyright experts, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, the panel session on “Copyright Infrastructure for Business Models Online” covered many issues related to copyright in a digital world which provoked intense reactions from audience members and a lively debate.
Read article on Intellectual Property Watch
Madrid-based Victoriano Colodron speaks at WIPO conference about the complexities of rights licensing, rights management, royalty allocation and how Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) solves for these challenges.
As part of RightsDirect's special programming within Beyond the Book, Madrid-based Victoriano Colodrón spoke recently with Javier Celaya, on the line from his own office in Madrid at Dosdoce.com, in anticipation of the international book fair LIBER coming to their city on October 5.
A new French language version of the Copyright Across Borders video has been posted to the RightsDirect website at www.rightsdirect.com. The video, produced by RightsDirect parent company Copyright Clearance Center, discusses the complexities of copyright laws and licensing around the world and the implications of employees sharing content in the workplace.
Continuing special programming from Europe by RightsDirect for Beyond the Book, Victoriano Colodrón speaks from Madrid, Spain, to UK-based Angela Mills Wade, Executive Director of the European Publishers Council. She details the EPC’s submission to the European Commission for “A Big Idea for the Digital Agenda.”
In the current edition of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Magazine, RightsDirect's Victoriano Colodron discusses the copyright compliance challenges businesses face when sharing content and effective solutions to help companies address these challenges.
From Madrid, where he works as executive director of RightsDirect, CCC’s European subsidiary, Victoriano Colodron speaks with UK-based Geraldine Clement-Stoneham, board member of SLA Europe, to talk about the copyright-related challenges facing special librarians and information professionals.
Please be sure to register for the Challenges of Copyright in a Global Environment webinar on 24 May at 15:00 CET. Featuring an overview of global copyright fundamentals, this hour long session focuses on the complexities of global copyright in today’s international corporate environment. The program will also feature a question and answer session.
This session marks the beginning of copyright educational offerings from RightsDirect. Register now.
Please be sure to stop by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) booth (#1215) to speak with Kate. To arrange a meeting in advance of the conference, please contact her at info@rightsdirect.com.
Please stop by the RightsDirect stand to speak with Kim Zwollo (General Manager of RightsDirect) and Kate Alzapiedi (Business Development Director). To arrange a meeting in advance of the conference, please contact a RightsDirect representative at info@rightsdirect.com.
Please be sure to stop by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) booth (#922) to speak with Kate. To arrange a meeting in advance of the conference, please contact her at info@rightsdirect.com.
A new German language version of the Copyright Across Borders video has been posted to the RightsDirect website at www.rightsdirect.com. The video, produced by RightsDirect parent company Copyright Clearance Center, discusses the complexities of copyright laws and licensing around the world and the implications of employees sharing content in the workplace.
With the launch last fall of RightsDirect, CCC's European subsidiary, Copyright Clearance Center is looking to meet better the needs of multinational corporate customers." As Kim Zwollo, RightsDirect’s general manager explains to Chris Kenneally, "One of the challenges larger companies who operate in different countries face is all those different copyright laws in all those different countries. If as a company, you want to do the right thing, it's really a very complex mix of rules out here."
In Geneva, Switzerland, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization, representatives of governments, public institutions, universities, along with many others interested in copyright licensing practices, all gathered in November 2010 for Facilitating Access to Culture in the Digital Age.
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organization that is a leading provider of copyright licensing solutions, announced the opening of its European subsidiary, RightsDirect. To better meet the needs of multinational corporate customers, CCC has hired Kim Zwollo as General Manager; Victoriano Colodrón as Executive Director, Collective Licensing and Operations; and Kate Alzapiedi as Business Development Director.
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