Copyright Clearance Center offers support for educators

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a provider in advancing copyright, is offering its Education Continuity License to enable creative approaches to remote teaching and distance learning made necessary by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’m incredibly impressed by the innovation and creativity demonstrated by teachers, educators, and publishers during this time of crisis,” said Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO, CCC. “This license provides an added measure of support requested by talented education professionals, and we are happy to contribute in this crisis by bringing these creative licenses, offered by a growing number of publishers, to educators who need them most.”? 

Over the past several days, educators across the U.S. have contacted CCC with questions about using copyrighted content and materials in innovative new ways to support distance learning. In response, CCC is coordinating with its community of rightsholders to authorize the use of their materials at no cost by educators as required by the pandemic during this time of emergency.

CCC is not delivering educational materials or content to educators; it offers this new license to authorize U.S. school districts, educators, parents and others to make immediate additional uses of materials that they have previously lawfully acquired.

The authorization will run through mid-summer 2020, at which time CCC will work with rightsholders to assess whether an extension may be necessary.?

CCC will not collect fees from any party and will administer this service for no cost. CCC has posted a form on its website so that educators can look up participating publishers and record their use of lawfully acquired copyrighted materials.

In just a few days, more than 40 publishers have agreed to grant these rights at no cost through this license.

As schools and educators quickly shift from in-classroom to in-home teaching, CCC is also providing regularly updated learn-at-home resources links on its homepage from a variety of educational publishers and content providers to help and support teachers and children.

CCC operations will continue uninterrupted. Its products and services are fully available and global customer support teams continue to provide outstanding service.

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