Copyright Clearance Center and OCLC

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

See notice below:

Can anyone clarify why OCLC would WANT to get in this particular aspect
of usiness?

Is this something libraries asked for?

Is OCLC planning on reporting usage to CCC on behalf of Illiad users?

Thanks

Chuck Hamaker

Copyright Clearance Center and OCLC Deliver Integrated Copyright
Permission Service; Partnership Provides Librarians With Direct Access
To Rights Licensing Through FirstSearch and ILLiad=20

By BUSINESS WIRE, June 28, 2004

"ORLANDO, Fla.--Copyright Clearance Center, the world's premier provider
of copyright licensing and compliance solutions, and OCLC Online
Computer Library Center Inc., a leading computer library service and
research organization, today announced a strategic partnership to
provide easy access to copyright licensing directly from two of OCLC's
leading reference and resource-sharing services. Through Copyright
Clearance Center's Copyright Integration Services, librarians and other
users of OCLC FirstSearch and ILLiad can now check copyright fees and
obtain permission to use text materials through a convenient link to
Copyright Clearance Center's popular online licensing services. Through
these integrated solutions, OCLC users will experience a streamlined
permissions process when initiating an ILL transaction, saving them time
and minimizing data entry errors."

>From digital-copyright Digest 30 Jun 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 391