US 2003/0069853 A1 · Method and system for managing, accessing and paying for the use of copyrighted electronic media

Abstract

This invention is a method and system for the management, access and payment for use of copyrighted electronic media. Original electronic media is steganographically tagged with a copyright identifier prior to being registered in an electronic media registry. Upon registration, a unique media identifier is provided by the system. The media is then stored on a networked database. Basic licensing terms are then created and also stored in a networked database. Derivative content is created from the original media and steganographically tagged with the appropriate media identifier. The derivative content is subsequently published electronically and can be used in conjunction with the networked system to identify the copyright owner, obtain the original electronic media or obtain some form of output via enabled service providers.

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Dependent claims

A method for licensing copyrighted electronic media, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) storing a first digital representation of the copyrighted media which digital representation includes digital information;
(b) creating a second digital representation of the copyrighted electronic media having a portion of the digital information of the first digital representation;
(c) steganographically embedding information in the second digital representation;
(d) electronically publishing the steganographically embedded second digital representation;
and
(e) steganographically encoding information in the first digital representation prior to transmitting to a licensee.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for managing, accessing and paying for the use of copyrighted electronic media

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Method and system for managing, accessing and paying for the use of copyrighted electronic media

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Abstract

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