Media content processing techniques for rights and clearance management

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• receive media content from a source;
• identify one or more segments of the media content via a lookup of the one or more segments of the media content in a content database;
• determine at least one asset associated with the identified one or more segments of the media content based at least in part on the lookup;
• compute an asset estimate for the at least one asset associated with the identified one or more segments of the media content;
• and
• provide the asset estimate to the source of the media content.

A computer-implemented method for processing media content, comprising:

• receiving media content;
• identifying one or more segments of the media content via a lookup of the one or more segments of the media content in a content database;
• determining at least one business model associated with the identified one or more segments of the media content based at least in part on the identified one or more segments;
• computing royalty payment amounts based at least in part on the determined at least one business model.