Content Licensing
Buying and Selling Digital Resources

Michael Upshall (Author)

9781843343332, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 3 September 2009

258 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.46 kg

"…highly recommended to those with an interest in content licensing—from content authors to content consumers and anyone in between" --Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services

Content Licensing is a wide-ranging and comprehensive guide to providing content for dissemination electronically. It outlines a step-by-step introduction to the why, how, and frequently asked questions of digital content and how to license it. In addition, it examines the context in which licensing takes place. What makes the book unique is that it examines licensing from a range of perspectives.

Brief history of content licensing
The licensing process, from start to finish
Media for licensing
Business models for content licensing
Converting, hosting and access management
Aggregators in detail
How content is searched for and (hopefully) retrieved
Copyright, royalties and contracts
Under the hood: The technology of licensing
Developments in content licensing: Recommendations.

Subject Areas: Library & information sciences [GL]