THE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER:: GROWING SUCCESS IN THE UNITED STATES TOWARDS INCREASING COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF PRINT PUBLICATIONS

Abstract

The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) was created to facilitate compliance with US copyright law. It serves both foreign and domestic copyright owners and the users of their work. Over the past ten years CCC has developed its major services. The Annual Authorizations Service (AAS) provides annual blanket licences to permit major companies to photocopy copyright material. Various statistical sampling methods are used to establish the level of use and thus the cost of the licences. In 1986 700,000 photocopies were made under this scheme. The Transactional Reporting Service (TRS) is the original scheme whereby users voluntarily report and pay copying fees for CCC‐registered publications on a per‐copy basis. At present some 2,400 users have established accounts with CCC under this scheme: approximately 3.3 million photocopies have been reported through the service since its inception in 1978, 600,000 of these in 1986. Despite the growing popularity of the AAS, this service is still showing a pattern of consistent growth. Reciprocal bilateral agreements with foreign Reproduction Rights Organizations are becoming increasingly significant to the work of CCC, since greater international co‐operation in the collection and distribution of photocopy royalties will be a vital factor in the development of international document delivery in the future.

Citation

Regan, K. and Riordan, V. (1988), "THE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER:: GROWING SUCCESS IN THE UNITED STATES TOWARDS INCREASING COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF PRINT PUBLICATIONS", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008554