Ed Colleran

Senior Director, Rightsholder Relations,

Copyright Clearance Center

Conversation Topic: “DRM, Lock It Down? Or Let It Go?”

BIOGRAPHY

Ed Colleran serves as the Senior Director of Rightsholder Relations at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the world's premier provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions. He oversees strategic initiatives focused on CCC's publisher constituency and manages the development of content licensing solutions and new revenue-generating initiatives for CCC's participating publishers. Ed also provides the vision for the advancement of CCC's digital rights management services and is a key contributor on other long-term strategic issues facing the information industry. An industry veteran, Ed is a two-term member of the board of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). Ed is also a member of the Society of Scholarly Publishers (SSP) board and has served on SSP's Education Committee for more than five years. He is a featured speaker and editorial contributor on issues such as navigating copyright requirements and the challenges and opportunities of managing content in a digital environment. A regular speaker at industry events, Ed has recently presented at the annual conferences of SSP, Association of American Publishers (AAP) and SIIA as well as London Online.

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