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News Sites Get Copyright Fever

Usc, Jun 15, 2001

Online newspapers have started using instant copyright clearance services - push a button, pay your fee, and you have the right to reprint the article. But the new services are demanding payment for a much wider range of reproduction than was ever demanded for print publications. No doubt many educational content providers will want to look at these services - this article provides dozens of links. But there is a warning, too: "Look for more publications to adopt online permissions systems in the coming year. And look for those systems to be widely ignored in an ever-widening cultural rift." By J.D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review, June 14, 2001.

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