CENTAUR COMMUNICATIONS CHOOSES INFO2CLEARS CLEARANCE SERVICE FOR SALE OF REPRODUCTION RIGHTS TO ARTICLES

Info2clear, the European leader in copyright clearance and digital rights management, will announce today at the New Media Show a partnership with London-based Centaur Communications. Reproduction rights to articles in all Centaurs online publications will be available through get-a-copy, the copyright clearance infrastructure of Info2clear.

Centaur Communications Ltd. is a publisher of business magazines and newsletters including Marketing Week, The Lawyer, New Media Age, Precision Marketing and Creative Review.

Every day, newspapers and magazines receive requests for permission to reproduce their content, which is especially true for professional publications. In the past, lack of a proper clearance instrument often led to illegal reproductions - often, unintentionally illegal reproductions. Get-a-copy service automates the process of copyright clearance. It allows a reader to purchase reproduction rights for an article in less than two minutes, 24/7. Only a minimal investment in technology is necessary.

What appeals to us about get-a-copy is that it takes care of requests for article reproduction automatically - which will save our readers a lot of time, and save us a good deal of money. We also look forward to a new revenue stream from get-a-copy", says Howard Sharman, Centaur's Business Development Director.

We are very pleased to extend our get-a-copy service to Centaur Communications - as the number of our customers grows, the idea of paying for reproduction rights becomes more widespread and better accepted by the readers", says Anthony Belpaire, CEO of Info2clear.

For more information:
Visit us at the New Media Show, Business Design Centre, London
Stand Info2clear (M58)

Ian Hilder
Info2clear UK   
Tel.: +44 (0)13 8081 3845
Fax: +44 (0)13 8081 8658
Mobile: +44 (0)78 6659 2306
E-mail: ian.hilder@info2clear.com
Website: www.info2clear.com

Howard Sharman
Centaur Communications Ltd
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7970 4522
Fax: +44 (0)20 7970 4521
E-mail: howards@centaur.co.uk
Website: www.centaur.co.uk

Info2clear (www.info2clear.com) was founded in April 1998. The team of 40 professionals is based mostly in Brussels with offices in The Netherlands, UK, France and Spain. Info2clear is a well-capitalized company. Among the shareholders are ABN Amro Capital and Belgacom.
Info2clear helps Media customers to select an approach to digital distribute content best suited to their business models, and then builds the necessary infrastructure. Among Info2clears Media customers are Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd, Roularta Media Group, VNU Business Publications, Albin Michel, Wegener Group and Kanaal Z.
For Business customers Info2clear provides the tool for secure distribution of confidential documents as an e-mail attachment. Among Info2clears Business customers are Deloitte and Touche, PWC and Bird & Bird.

Centaur Communications Ltd (www.centaur.co.uk) is one of the UK's largest independent business publishing and information companies. It has a leading position in the marketing, design, legal and financial service sectors with an emerging presence in a number of others.