Copyright Clearance Center Is Your Copyright Compliance Resource

Copyright Clearance Center is the world’s premier provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions for the information content industry. A not-for-profit company, Copyright Clearance Center was founded in 1978 to simplify and improve compliance with U.S. copyright law. The company is a trusted intermediary between copyright holders and content users that facilitates the exchange of re-use rights and empowers more than 10,000 corporations and academic institutions to lawfully re-use the copyright-protected information they need to achieve their goals.

Copyright Clearance Center manages the rights to over 1.75 million works and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators, directly or through their representatives. Its streamlined compliance solutions provide a convenient and efficient way to license the content you need to drive your business, while complying with copyright law.

Compliance Solutions
Copyright Clearance Center offers a wide range of compliance solutions—for content licensing in print or electronic formats—designed to meet the needs of business professionals and make it easy to get the permission you need to re-use content––internally or externally.

Copyright Clearance Center will work with you to identify the copyright compliance solution that best meets the needs of your organization, and an annual service review will ensure that your compliance solution evolves with your business. Copyright Clearance Center will also help you to increase copyright awareness and create a culture of copyright compliance within your organization, reducing your risk of copyright infringement.

Copyright Clearance Center’s compliance solutions include: Annual Enterprise Licenses
	Rest assured with enterprise-wide coverage—no tracking required.
	Enjoy convenient access to an extensive catalog of over 1.75 million works.
	Ensure the lawful use of copyright-protected content, internally.
	Secure compliance for digital and photocopy use, by U.S.-based employees and those abroad.

Transactional Licensing Services
	Get copyright permission on a convenient, per-transaction basis.
	Enjoy "one-stop shopping" from an extensive catalog of over 1.75 million works.
	Use easy, point-of-content licensing solution to clear copyright permission with leading publications such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
	Cover both internal and external use within the U.S.
	Obtain permission to use copyright-protected content—photocopy or digital.

This Guide to Copyright Compliance for Business Professionals was compiled by Copyright Clearance Center to improve and enhance copyright education and awareness, and to support the copyright compliance initiatives of organizations like yours.

To learn more about Copyright Clearance Center’s compliance solutions and to determine which compliance solution best meets the needs of your organization, please contact a Copyright Clearance Center Licensing Consultant at 978-750-8400, or simply fill out the information request form.

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