Respecting Copyright in the Digital Workplace

Made easy by the Multinational Copyright License

ICIC 2013 Vienna, Oct. 14 Joerg Weizendoerfer, Business Development Director

Situation

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Typical examples for activities with copyright protected material in day-to-day business

• Email scientific articles

• Post content on an intranet

• Store content in databases

• Regulatory filings due to REACH

• Use of collaboration tools

• Share the latest research

I would like to…

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Needed re-use rights

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Needed re-use rights Given by subscription

or purchase from

docdel provider?

Share digital content internally and across borders with co-workers via e-mail, intranet

posting or PDF

Save to corporate-owned hard drive or network drive

Store articles for records in project and/or publication literature databases

Photocopy from a magazine, book, journal, research report or other published document

Share portions of digital content internally via collaboration applications such as Lotus

Notes or Microsoft SharePoint

Attach copies of articles to internal communications such as newsletters, training

materials or presentations

Scan printed works into digital form when an electronic version of the work is not

readily available

File digital articles for government regulatory purposes

Common Copyright Challenges

Getting permissions can be a burden:

• Time-consuming and confusing

• No point person to ask

• Obtaining permissions interrupts workflow

• Delays getting timely information out

• Costly

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One single license to make copyright work

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Rightsholders Content Users

• 35.000 companies

• Employees worldwide

• Users in 180 countries

• Licensing Solutions

• Rights Management

• Content Delivery

• Copyright Education Consistent set of 600+

million rights from:

• Publishers

• Authors

• Creators

Covered re-use rights

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Permissions needed Covered

Share digital content internally and across borders with co-workers via e-mail, intranet

posting or PDF

Save to corporate-owned hard drive or network drive

Store articles for records in project and/or publication literature databases.

Photocopy from a magazine, book, journal, research report or other published document

Share portions of digital content internally via collaboration applications such as Lotus

Notes or Microsoft SharePoint

Attach copies of articles to internal communications such as newsletters, training

materials or presentations

Scan printed works into digital form when an electronic version of the work is not

readily available

File digital articles for government regulatory purposes

Note: The Multinational Copyright License is generally intended to permit distribution of articles on a periodic, non-systematic basis to other

people within an organization. It is not meant to replace subscriptions that you or other people in the organization need in the ordinary context of

your work.

NEW: Collaboration with external parties

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Questions? Happy to discuss at our booth…

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• How do I know that all my publications are covered?

• May I also store articles on tablet PCs like the iPad which can be taken

out of the company?

• How much does the license cost?

• Who to your experience is usually the main driver in the company?

• Do you offer trainings and copyright education for our employees?

• How does the collaboration amendment work?

• etc.

Thank you very much for your attention!

Jörg Weizendörfer

Mobil: +49-172-314 70 60 E-Mail: jweizendoerfer@rightsdirect.com Twitter: @RightsDirectDE

www.rightsdirect.com