U. Chicago Press selects Rightslink

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The University of Chicago Press selects Rightslink(r) for online copyright
permission

  With apologies for cross-posting.

For Immediate Release: February 5, 2007 Contact: Suzanne Wu / 773-834-0386
/ swu@press.uchicago.edu

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The University of Chicago Press selects Rightslink(r) for online 
copyright permissions

The University of Chicago Press announced today that it has 
selected Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), the world's 
largest provider of copyright licensing solutions, to streamline 
its online licensing and permissions activities. CCC's 
Rightslink(r) service will provide a more efficient, real-time 
way for customers to secure permission to reuse copyrighted 
material published by the University of Chicago Press, Journals 
Division, or on behalf of its society partners.

The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division welcomes 
permissions and licensing requests from individuals looking for 
reproduction rights, republication requests from other 
publishers, and corporate customers that seek to incorporate 
content from Chicago Journals in their sales and marketing 
activities. Rightslink automates this business, allowing for 
point-of-sale real-time approval for use of content and online 
payment directly from the University of Chicago Press, Journals 
Division's Web site, www.journals.uchicago.edu.

"We are delighted about the ease-of-access and immediacy that 
Rightslink will offer our customers, including an enhanced level 
of customer support," said Kate Duff, Licensing and Permissions 
Manager, University of Chicago Press, Journals Division. 
"Rightslink is an important component in the Journal Division's 
plan to improve availability of our content online, by offering 
customers a faster, more dependable way to comply with copyright 
law and share vital information and knowledge."

The University of Chicago Press joins a growing group of 
prestigious publishers that in recent months have selected 
Rightslink for online permissions or reprint ordering, including 
Oxford University Press, Springer, Nature Publishing Group and 
Blackwell Publishing.

"Rightslink's rapid growth reflects its ease of use, ease of 
implementation and overall success as an application that 
automates important, revenue generating functions for 
publishers," said Bob Weiner, Senior Vice President, CCC. "And 
content users seeking permissions and reprints are coming to 
expect Rightslink as their interface.  We are delighted that the 
University of Chicago Press has chosen Rightslink as what is very 
quickly becoming the standard for reprints and permissions."

About the University of Chicago Press:

Founded in 1891, the University of Chicago Press is the largest 
American university press. The Journals Division currently 
publishes forty-seven award-winning periodicals and serials in a 
wide range of disciplines, including several journals that were 
the first scholarly publications in their respective fields. 
Online since 1995, the Journals Division has also been a pioneer 
in electronic publishing, delivering original, peer-reviewed 
research from international scholars to a worldwide audience.

About Copyright Clearance Center:

Copyright Clearance Center is the world's largest provider of 
text licensing services. These services, combined with CCC's 
Web-based applications and tools, allow tens of millions of 
people in corporations, universities, law firms and government 
agencies to lawfully use and share published information with 
ease. Since its founding as a not-for-profit company in 1978, CCC 
has created and expanded the markets and systems that facilitate 
content reuse and the distribution of royalties to publishers and 
authors around the world. By offering rights to millions of the 
world's most sought-after publications, the company plays a major 
role in the global knowledge economy and encourages support for 
the principles of copyright. For more information please visit 
www.copyright.com.

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