How will COCOA greatly expand the number of titles and pages in CDS systems?
More titles: Currently many copyright owners are hesitant to have their books in CDS’s because of several concerns: (1) that CDS’s show too much of their work (because of their one-size-fits-few rigidity) thus reducing the value (such as using a reference book online and then not needing to pay for it); (2) that their works might be stolen (whether it causes economic harm or not, the fear is real, and keeps books out of CDS’s); (3) that they have no rights to display certain pages for contractual reasons (such as a certain poem, photograph, etc.); or (4) concerns that the CDS’s are illegally using their work (authors are notorious for getting angry at illegal rights grabs; understandably, since rights are what ensure authors can pay for food). COCOA addresses all of these concerns: (1) Only those pages that the copyright owner is comfortable with would be shown in page image form. If it makes sense to block every 4th page of a text book to deter online use without paying, they can do t
