The Copyright Clearance Center will launch collective and pay-per-use licensing options, focused on higher ed customers, in addition to the two non-exclusive licensing options it already offers. In the CCC’s Annual Copyright License for Higher Education, college and university users can license “internal-only AI re-use rights for text-based works from participating rightsholders,” to be used for tools including prompts, summaries, and chatbots. AI Transactional Rights will allow licensing for “specific AI use cases, beginning with content summarization.” “CCC is pro-copyright and pro-AI,” CCC president and ceo Tracey Armstrong said in a release. “AI outcomes are strengthened by reliance on responsibly sourced […]
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Used Bookstore Owner Sells Property After Unionization
McKay’s, a group of five used bookstores in Tennessee and North Carolina, will close its Knoxville location in May after 40 years in business, Knox News reports. The Knoxville store is the only one with a union, part of Communications Workers of America, and has been negotiating its contract with management since forming in November 2022. McKay’s sold the Knoxville property to a hotel developer for $4.25 million. CWA has asked the National Labor Relations Board to file an injunction against the sale, asserting that the closure is retaliation against the union. Owner Sam Jacobson rejects that idea, claiming that […]