Copyright Clearance Center Appoints Executive Director

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Danvers, Mass.--Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., a not-for-profit organization and provider of licensing solutions, has appointed former executive director at The Book Rights Registry, Michael Healy, as executive director of author and publisher relations. The Book Rights Registry is the non-profit organization set up as a result of the Google Book Settlement, representing the interests of the rights-holder community.  

At CCC, Healy will be responsible for the development of new products in service of the author and publisher communities. As CCC expands its business models to address a broader set of licensing issues facing its customers, Healy will be instrumental in helping to devise and implement future strategies to address challenging market gaps including e-book rights, Orphan Works and digital rights for other pre-existing works.  

Prior to the Book Rights Registry, Healy was executive director at the Book Industry Study Group, which was established more than 30 years ago to improve the efficiency of the U.S. book industry through the development of standards and best practice, research, education and information. Before the BISG, Healy was editorial director at Nielsen BookData and Chadwyck-Healey.