Copyright Clearance Center CEO Tracey Armstrong and Outsell Inc. Lead Analyst Ned May kicked off the recent “Big Ideas” Conference for BookExpo America 2009 in New York with a focus on the future of content licensing.
Armstrong described digital content licensing as a “hot space to be in right now.” She and May discussed some of the challenges facing content providers, and covered such topics as: the similarities between CCC’s licensing model and the planned Book Rights Registry, which is part of the proposed Google Book Search settlement; challenges created by new technology, including Amazon’s Kindle and eBooks; and, licensing options for today’s copyright holders. See video of this event.
In addition to Book Expo, Armstrong was featured in a recent article about CCC in Publisher’s Weekly.