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Weekly News Digest
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November 17, 2008 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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Major Publishers Adopt PLUS Image Licensing Standards
Three major publishers have called for the adoption of the PLUS (Picture Licensing Universal System) standards by picture archives, photographers, and all other image suppliers. Representatives of McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Pearson each announced that they will adopt the PLUS Picture Licensing Glossary definitions in their contracts, and that they encourage image suppliers to begin embedding PLUS license metadata in all images within 1 year.The PLUS standards were developed by the PLUS Coalition, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to simplifying and facilitating the communication and management of image rights. In the PLUS Coalition, publishers, picture archives, photographers, illustrators, designers, advertising agencies, museums, libraries, artist representatives, educational institutions, manufacturers, and their associations collaborate toward that shared goal. The PLUS standards allow rights and attribution information to travel within image files in a machine-readable format that provides instant access and universal understanding. The PLUS Coalition includes participants in 30 countries and receives significant support from Leadership Circle members Adobe, ADBASE, Pentagram, Jupiterimages, Digimarc, Belay Development, Getty Images, IDEAlliance, ImageSpan, Photo District News, IPTC, NAPP, PACA, StockPhotoFinder, Swan Turton, WONGDOODY, and Capture. To learn more about PLUS, visit www.useplus.org. Source: The PLUS Coalition, Inc.
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