Will Copyright Clearance Center Pave the Way?

With the Google Book Settlement all but dead, another sign that the market is moving on: This morning, the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) confirmed that Michael Healy, the former executive director (designate) for the Google Settlement’s proposed Book Rights Registry,  is joining CCC and will start in October in the newly created post of executive director, Author and Publisher Relations. Since 2009, Healy, former executive director at the Book Industry Study Group, had served as a consultant to the Google Book Settlement classes, in anticipation of heading up the rights registry that would have been created under the proposed settlement. The settlement, however, was rejected in March of this year, after a flurry of opposition.