Hello,
I’d like to post an announcement
for the upcoming SSP/AAUP webinar, “How to Combat Digital Piracy on a
Budget” on the SERIALST list-serv. Below is a short summary of the webinar.
Please let me know if there is anything else that you need from me.
SSP and AAUP Webinar on
January 21, 2010; How to Combat Digital Piracy on a Budget
January 21, 2010, 11:30 am -
12:30pm (EST)
If you are a publisher,
librarian or information specialist you need to be up-to-date on the methods
for detection and repression of digital piracy. Computer networks have
radically changed the economics of distribution. With transmission speeds
approaching a billion characters per second, networks enable sending
information products worldwide, cheaply, and almost instantaneously. As a
result, it is easier and less expensive both for a rights holder to distribute
a work and for individuals, or pirates, to make and distribute unauthorized
copies. With a few key strokes, one individual can distribute perfect copies of
digitized works to thousands. This unauthorized distribution can be done via
e-mail or through placement of works on a website for unlimited download and
printing by all users that access the site. Just one unauthorized uploading can
have devastating effects on the market for the work. A recent report from the
World Intellectual Property Organization suggests that unauthorized copying of
academic journals and books results in billions of dollars in lost revenue for
publishers every year. However, in recent months, some publishers have
responded to the dilemma by setting up coordinated services for the detection
and repression of pirate activities.
In this seminar, speakers
from two publishing organizations will explain how their systems work and
describe the approaches they have taken. An expert publisher will also present
her experiences at the intellectual property coal face.
The webinar registration form is
available at:
https://www.sspnet.org/Events/Meetings_and_Seminars/2009_SSP_Web_Seminar__How_to_Com/spage.aspx
Registration Fee: ONLY $99 for
SSP/AAUP members; $149 for non-members.
For more information contact: Ann
Mehan Crosse, Associate Director, Society for Scholarly Publishing,
303-422-3914 (phone); email: amehan@resourcecenter.com
Thanks very much in advance.
Best wishes,
Michelle
Michelle Norell
Sales Executive
(Boston-Based)
The SCHOLARONE Platform
375 Greenbrier
Drive, Suite 200
Charlottesville,
VA 22901
Phone:
617-710-8124
Email: michelle.norell@thomsonreuters.com
URL:
http://scholarone.com