The digital revolution has transformed copying from complicated to commonplace; yet authors and publishers rely on copyright for conducting business. An industry built upon creativity and inspiration stands accused of holding to outmoded business models for survival’s sake.
 
At the London Book Fair on Thursday, 16 April, at 10:00, Copyright Clearance Center presents, The Copyright Conundrum, a special talk by Victoriano Colodron. In a solo presentation, CCC’s Senior Director, International Relations, will argue that a defense of copyright is not for protection of the past, but is the only way to deliver future innovation. The answer to the “copyright conundrum,” says Colodrón, is that it is more vital than ever.
 
So, we asked: Can publishing escape the “copyright conundrum”?

Brazilian publisher Daniela Manole offers her take.

Daniela Manole on The Copyright Conundrum

Big data. Big questions. Big worries.
 
At the London Book Fair, Thursday, 14 April, join for Copyright Clearance Center’s special seminar on The Data Dilemma. www.copyright.com/London. Guest presenters include Jim Bryant, Founder and CEO, Trajectory; Sybil Wong, PhD, Head of Marketing and Communications for Sparrho; and Copyright Clearance Center’s CTO “Babis” Marmanis.
 
Big Data holds big promise for science, business and the human condition to create new value, realize medical breakthroughs and better human lives.  As Big Data grows ever bigger in publishing, the burdens grow, too:  how to extract insights, accelerate innovation and grow revenue.
 
So, we want to know: Of humanity’s vast output of data—information and creative works – 90% came into existence in the last two years. What can the publishing world do to manage the promise and the pitfalls of this staggering Data Dilemma?

Trajectory’s Jim Bryant shares his thoughts.

Trajectory’s Jim Bryant - The Data Dilemma

As 2017 opens, Victoriano Colodrón, Sr. Director of International Relations at Copyright Clearance Center, welcomes you to a new program on hot topics in publishing and copyright issues from around the world. In this first episode, Colodrón highlights five of the most interesting developments in copyright law happening on six continents.

We hope you enjoy this quick tour around the world of copyright. For Copyright Clearance Center, thanks for listening!

Five Copyright Law Developments on Six Continents

Ahora que empieza 2017, Victoriano Colodrón, director de relaciones Internacionales de Copyright Clearance Center, les da la bienvenida a una nueva serie sobre novedades candentes de la edición y el derecho de autor en todo el mundo. En este primer audio, Colodrón destaca cinco de los asuntos más interesantes relacionados con el derecho de autor de los que oiremos hablar en los próximos meses.
 
Esperamos que disfruten con esta rápida vuelta al mundo del derecho de autor. En nombre de Copyright Clearance Center, ¡gracias por escuchar!

Cinco novedades de derecho de autor en seis continentes

Recently CCC’s Victoriano Colodron went back to Urueña in his native Spain, as he does every year. He ended up buying a lot of books. Urueña lies about 140 miles northwest of Madrid, in the Castile region of Spain. It’s an extremely small village, with fewer than 200 inhabitants. And yet there are twelve bookstores.
 
Colodrón shares his passion for Spain’s Book Village, and he wonders whether such book towns can remain sustainable in the digital era.

(photo courtesy of Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Two Minutes in Urueña, Spain’s Book Town

Hace poco, Victoriano Colodrón, de CCC, volvió a Urueña, como hace todos los años, y terminó comprando muchos libros. Urueña se encuentra a unos 220 kilómetros al noroeste de Madrid, en la región española de Castilla. Es un pueblo muy pequeño, de menos de doscientos habitantes, y sin embargo cuenta con doce librerías.

Colodrón comparte aquí su pasión por la Villa del Libro española y se pregunta si estas ciudades del libro son sostenibles en la era digital.

(photo courtesy of Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Dos minutos en Urueña, la Villa del Libro española

Large enough to give you plenty of opportunities to meet with publishing professionals from around the world, but not so large that it loses its human scale: this is what CCC’s Victoriano Colodrón enjoys most about the London Book Fair. He offers here a personal shortlist of not-to-be-missed LBF seminar sessions throughout the week of March 13.

London Book Fair Best Bets

Lo suficientemente grande para darle a uno la posibilidad de reunirse con profesionales de la edición de todo el mundo, pero no tan grande como para perder una escala muy humana: esto es lo que a Victoriano Colodrón, de CCC, más le gusta de la Feria del Libro de Londres. Aquí nos ofrece una selección personal de los seminarios que no debería uno perderse en la feria, la semana del 13 de marzo.

Feria del Libro de Londres: las mejores propuestas

On November 13th and 14th, the StoryDrive Asia Conference in Singapore unites established players from the book, games, and film worlds with innovators and entrepreneurs from across Southeast Asia.  From Singapore to the Philippines, Vietnam to Indonesia, burgeoning economies and growing, young population rely content providers for education and entertainment. 

Peter Schoppert, president of the Singapore Book Publishers Association, says the conference tackles more than business problems, including literacy.

StoryDrive Coming to Singapore

Global Intro

In a special “pop-up” program for the Frankfurt Book Fair earlier this month, Copyright Clearance Center hosted leading scholarly publishers in a discussion of what it takes for Open Access publishers to be smart about Plan S. An initiative of 13 European national research funding organizations announced in September, “Plan S” puts pressure on Open Access publishing business models by capping article fees, ending embargoes and withdrawing support for “hybrid” OA journals.

Tim Britton, Managing Director of the Open Research Group at Springer Nature, noted that OA publishing has evolved to include a wide spectrum of offerings for researchers, libraries and others.

“We have a number of different stakeholder groups, of which our shareholders are one, of which our authors are one, of which our employees are one, of which our funders are one, and that is why, ultimately, we do have a mixed model. All we can do is continue to point out what we do and the value that we bring. Nature brings enormous value as a subscription journal. Scientific Reports brings enormous value as a fairly low-cost open access volume. They bring different types of value to different parts of the community, but they both bring value. And all I can do in my job is continue to point that out and continue to publish as much great research work as we possibly can.”

Plan S Lands At Frankfurt

From online and on-site training to thought-provoking events on copyright policy and issues, CCC's OnCopyright education program is designed to raise awareness, foster knowledge-sharing and support the principles of copyright.

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