Copyright Clearance Center Debuts Rightsphere Tool

摘要

The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has launched a rights advisory and management tool for corporations that takes the guesswork out of what they can and cannot do with the published information they license. Dubbed Rightsphere, the product was created, CCC claims, to "promote the free flow of published information while respecting intellectual property and copyrights." Corporations, especially science-based businesses like pharmaceuticals, etc., may subscribe to hundreds of periodicals, making a nightmarish scenario for corporate library staff, upon whose shoulders it falls to keep track of what usage rights accompany each publication from each supplier. Corporate librarians LJ spoke with seemed enthusiastic about the benefits of Rightsphere.