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CCC interviews Book Rights Registry ED
The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) interviewed Michael Healy, expected to be named executive director of the Book Rights Registry (BRR), the organization that will manage copyrighted works available via Google's Book Search program.
Healy, currently executive director of the non-profit Book Industry Study Group (BISG), told the CCC's Christopher Kenneally, that "the involvement of Google in [the publishing] marketplace, and others, is going to be part of the transformational character of [the industry over] the next few years.”
Healy pointed with enthusiasm to terms of the settlement that will result in “turning every public library in this country into a world-class research facility. You have to see the revolutionary character of that,” said the professionally-trained librarian.
Healy also cited the benefits of participating in the settlement for US authors and publishers. “The Book Rights Registry introduces into the environment an unprecedented degree of control to authors, publishers and other rightsholders on how their copyrights are exploited and distributed in this new digital world,” he explained.
The program with Michael Healy is the second in a series of presentations from Copyright Clearance Center about the Authors Guild, AAP, Google Settlement. Recordings of this and all other sessions can be found in the “Education” section of the CCC Web site at www.copyright.com/education
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