Stanford Print on Demand

Stanford Print on Demand is the first deployment of the Media X initiative, Publish on Demand, a research theme of Media X at Stanford Universit led by Professor Michael Genesereth and CodeX, in collaboration with Media X member companies. Print on Demand uses the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange (SIPX), developed at CodeX - The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. This initiative continues with additional research on copyright issues in computational law.

SIPX facilitates legitimate access to content by providing a copyright registry, a copyright marketplace exchange, and a copyright clearance service that can connect with third party distribution platforms.

SIPX is now deployed in connection with Print on Demand on the Stanford campus to demonstrate instant and cost-saving copyright clearance for course readers. Typically, over 75% of what students pay for in a course reader is royalties to copyright owners and the service charge for asking for permission to use the content in the course reader.

SIPX reduces the cost dramatically by automating the clearance process and identifying any pre-existing licenses to which students are entitled through the Stanford Libraries, so that duplicate royalty payments are eliminated. Course readers are now available with a lower cost and in book quality through a new state-of-the art Print on Demand system, using PrintGroove on the Konica Minolta BizHub.

Industry researchers may collaborate through the Media X Visiting Scholar program. Researchers from university and government programs may collaborate through the HSTAR Institute (Human Sciences Technology Advanced Research Institute.)

For more information about Print on Demand Course Readers, contact: Franny Lee, fslee@stanford.edu.

For more information about SIPX, contact: Roland Vogl, Executive Director, CodeX - The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, rvogl@stanford.edu

For more information about Publish on Demand, contact: Martha Russell, Executive Director, Media X at Stanford University, martha.russell@stanford.edu