1. Rights Registries for All
How the extensive use of Rights Registries, Rights Identification and
Standards could produce a vibrant copyright trading environment
Nicholas Bentley
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Common Rights
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

2. Importance of Rights Registries
Importance of rights in copyright
The Future – trading rights not copies
Standards
Rights Registries for all
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

3. Identification and Rights Registration
Identification of :
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Content
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Rights
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Parties
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Transaction events or agreements
• Dynamic distribution
• Someone gains some rights
• Complete rights record
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

4. Who owns the event identifier?
Each event involves two parties :
• Supplier - Receiver
• Creator - Producer
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Editor - Publisher
• Distributor - Consumer
Both parties need to identify the event
Both parties should have a rights registry
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

5. Rights Office system
Rights trading environment
Principle features:
• Each event identified by two identifiers
• Identifiers are unique and persistent
• Both identifiers attached to content
• Multiple registries
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

6. Rights Office system
Distributed rights trading - advantages:
• Recorded rights for all users
• Clear rules
• Redundancy in the system
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Privacy and security
• Distributed peer-to-peer system
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

7. Rights Office system
License event
Producer User
Identification Identification
Identified Content
Rights Database Rights Database
rights User rights
Metadata
User ID Producer ID
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

8. Conclusions
Importance of rights registries & standards
Identifying copyright events
Peer-to-peer rights registries
This presentation is identified:
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm

9. http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/ARO-340.htm#ARO1
http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/CRO-2050-CRO2.htm