MetaComet Pens Authoritative Piece on the Need for a Rights Registry

June 18th, 2009

SOUTH HADLEY, MA – A Rights Registry combined with clear and streamlined rights agreements would help fuel future growth for the publishing industry, argued MetaComet Systems’ President David Marlin, in a piece featured prominently by Publishers Weekly today. A registry and rights standards would enable the widest possible dissemination of content while enabling publishers to keep pace with content delivery innovation. the industry needs it for the widest possible dissemination of content.

As the recognized industry expert in royalty software and rights and royalties management, MetaComet was encouraged to write the article for PW.

MetaComet leads, Hosts Provocative Rights Panel at BookExpo 2009

June 1st, 2009

SOUTH HADLEY, MA – Book publishers must rethink rights and royalties agreements with authors, according to an expert panel on the Google Book Settlement at BookExpo 2009, which was led and hosted by MetaComet Systems.

Entitled “The Value of ‘Free’: What the Google Settlement REALLY Means to Midsize Publishers — and how to establish rights agreements with authors when you’re selling books in ‘chunks,’” the capacity crowd heard panelists stress the importance for publishers to prepare themselves for the upsides and downsides to the Google Book Settlement. (The entire audio and transcript is available at: http://beyondthebookcast.com/whats-in-your-catalog/).