Digital data licensing system
OwnerBenjamin Filmalter Groblerinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for securing ownership of data and/or performances which are broadcast and/or performed in public, said method including an identifier in the broadcast and/or performed data, transmitting the identifier at a frequency and/or modulation which is neutral to the primary purpose of the data, receiving the broadcast and/or performance signal on a data carrier, and filtering the signal either at the time of reception thereof or at some point in time thereof to identify the identifier. The invention extends to a data carrier, a royalty management system, and a copyright management system using the above method.
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A method for securing ownership of data and/or performances which are broadcast and/or performed in public, said method including:
- including an identifier in the broadcast and/or performed data;
- transmitting the identifier at a frequency and/or modulation which is neutral to the primary purpose of the data;
- receiving the broadcast and/or performance signal on a data carrier;
- and filtering the signal either at the time of reception thereof or at some point in time thereof to identify the identifier,
- wherein the identified identifier is catalogued in relation to the data carrier.
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A broadcaster royalty control system, said system including:
- uniquely allocating data carriers to a broadcaster;
- indexing authorised and catalogued digital content which is installed on the carriers for a particular broadcaster;
- uniquely tagging each item of digital content, such as a song, advertisement or other audio items with a unique catalogue number and/or other information in a transmittable format which is neutral to the purpose of the digital content;
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- downloading or streaming digital content the broadcasting carrier(s) from a controlling depository, which downloading or streaming may be as updates or new data content.
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A copyright management system for performed content which is performed live, said system including:
- providing a source of a unique identifier to be associated with a live performance, such as a catalogue number and a digital signature;
- transmitting the unique identifier contemporaneously with the live performance;
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- depositing with a data repository the unique identifier so that, if a data carrier user connects to the data repository to download data and the unique identifier associated with the live performance is found but is not authorised, then appropriate corrective measures may be instituted.
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