CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, is expanding its RightsLink Author Services to provide scholarly publishers with an automated, targeted way to trigger promotional offers and publication charges at key points across the publication lifecycle.

“Scholarly publishers are increasingly experimenting in response to changing market dynamics and shifting business models,” said Emily Sheahan, Vice President & Managing Director, CCC. “RightsLink Author Services aids publishers in these areas, supporting their goals of building relationships with their author community.”

CCC will showcase these new capabilities at the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) 47th Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, from May 28 to 30, 2025. Additionally, CCC will preview the beta version of Ringgold Researchers, a service designed to help scholarly publishers and service providers disambiguate and identify researchers, their affiliations, and their research-related connections.

Sessions Hosted by CCC at SSP 2025 Include:

• Education Session 4B: “Breaking the Silos: Using AI to Fuse Copyright Law, Academic Knowledge, and Commercial Innovation” on Friday, May 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT. Panelists include Roanie Levy (CCC), Diane Harnish (Delta Think), and Simone Taylor (American Psychiatric Association).

• Previews Session: “Trusted Researcher Identity: A New Path Forward with Ringgold Researchers” on Friday, May 30, 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. EDT, Key Ballroom, featuring Jessica Thibodeau, Senior Director at CCC.

• Poster Session: “The Future of Society Publishing: Letting Data Tell the Story” on Thursday, May 29, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Exhibitors Marketplace, presented by Casey Pickering, Director of Product Marketing, CCC.

CCC’s OA Intelligence software, which uses AI-enabled data disambiguation with agreement modeling and analysis, is a finalist for SSP’s 2025 EPIC Awards. The winners will be announced during the EPIC Awards Ceremony on May 29 at the Annual Meeting.

“The EPIC Awards celebrate the bold ideas and meaningful progress happening across our community,” said Melanie Dolechek, Executive Director of SSP. “We are inspired by this year’s nominees and look forward to spotlighting their incredible contributions.”

CCC continues to advocate for copyright worldwide through educational programming, thought leadership, and its online hub, AI, Copyright & Licensing, which provides resources for creators, publishers, rights holders, technologists, policymakers, and legal experts.

Since 1978, CCC has supported content users with efficient, harmonized licensing solutions such as ACL for Business, Multinational Copyright License (MCL), ACL for Higher Education, and others. CCC also offers streamlined access to request, receive, and pay for full-text content and permissions for reuse.