Copyright and Technology London 2012: Rights Registries - Paul Jessop, County Analytics

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Rights Registries Panel

Chair: Paul JessopFounder, County Analytics

Copyright and TechnologyLondon – June 19th, 2012


Rights Registries: Bringing Precision and Efficiency toRights Licensing


Your Panel

Nic Garnett

Partner, Simons Muirhead & Burton


Your Panel

Godfrey Rust

Senior Consultant, Rightscom Ltd

Linked Content Coalition


Your Panel

Nicholas Bentley

Founder, Common Rights


Your Panel

Jonathan Lockwood

Vice President, Corporate Counsel,Getty Images


Your Panel

Paul Jessop

Founder, County Analytics


Rudyard Kipling

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The Elephant's Child

I keep six honest serving-men

(They taught me all I knew);

Their names are What and Why and When

And How and Where and Who.


Manhattan Transfer

Who, what, when, where, why?

Who is the guy?


Panel Points – Who• Who is building registries?• Who wants to registries built?• Who would register stuff?• Who would search for registrations?• Who would resolve identifiers?


Panel Points – What• What do registries do?• What gets stored in

them?• What is not stored in

them?


Panel Points – When• When will registries come on line?• How long will registrations remain valid?• How quickly will registries respond to

queries?


Panel Points – Where• What is a geographical scope of each

registry?• Can registries deal with local languages?• Can registries deal with local scripts?• Whose data protection law are registries

subject to?


Panel Points – Why• What is the benefit of having a registry?• What is the business case for a registry?• What is the IRR for a registry?• Who is going to fund the creation of

registries?


Metadata and Registries

A Personal View


Formalities• “The enjoyment and the exercise of these

rights shall not be subject to any formality”Berne Convention, Article 5

• Yes, but..• Copyright can exist without registration but

it may not be manageable


Three Metadata Categories

(and no funeral)Identity Management

Rights Management

Indexing

(Administrative)


Identity Management

I want to licence US-S1Z-12-12345

Thanks I sold 129 of US-S1Z-12-12345

US-S1Z-12-12345The Manhattan Transfer“Who, What, When, Where, Why”Album Version(P) 19783:35


Rights Management• Owned by...• Performance rights

payable to...• Uses work...• Copyright expires in...• etc.}For each country


Indexing• Genre = Jazz• BPM = 79• Recorded at = XYZ Studio 3• Appears on albums...• Inspired by...• etc.


Administrative• Registered by...• Registered on...• Last correction made...• Renewal fee payable...???


Time Element

Today Future

Identity Fixed Manageable

Rights Management Disputable Variable (very)

Indexing Subjective Contextual

Administrative Factual Management


Registry Functions• Registration

– Data in• Query

– Data in, identifier out– (or not)

• Resolution– Identifier in, data out– (or not)


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Copyright and Technology London 2012: Rights Registries - Paul Jessop, County Analytics