JP2001243311A - Method and system for providing contents bill - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for providing contents bill, with which activity funds can be smoothly supplied to the owner of contents. SOLUTION: An authority on contents is transferred or use thereof is permitted and a credit is generated by handling this price as a debt. A contents bill is issued on the basis of the authority made into bill. The contents bill is registered in a contents data base 8 while relating contents thereof with contents. Besides, an investment member 4 can refer to the contents registered in the contents data base 8 for contents reference processing 19 and can judge the appropriateness of the contents bill investment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and system for providing content securities, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing content securities by securitizing intellectual property rights such as copyrights of the content and providing the content securities. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, financial products such as stocks and corporate bonds handled by securities companies are difficult for general consumers to understand and difficult to make investment decisions. For this reason, there has been a demand for providing financial products that make it easy for ordinary consumers to make investment decisions.

[0003] As an investment target that is easy for ordinary consumers to make an investment decision, for example, multimedia contents (hereinafter referred to as contents) such as music, paintings, images, moving images, novels, and the like are considered. Such content,
For example, since the investment target is clear like a character, it is considered that not only general consumers can easily make an investment decision but also funds are easily collected due to the entertainment property of the content (for example, the character).

[0004]

However, there is no mechanism (market) for evaluating content based on monetary value.
There is no mechanism for investors to invest directly in content. In addition, intellectual property rights, such as content copyrights, cannot be securitized using existing asset securitization techniques.

[0005] Further, in general, production companies or individuals who are content owners are often small-scale businesses, so that it is difficult to receive loans from banks and the like, and there is a problem that activity funds are likely to be insufficient. If valuable content is not commercialized due to such a shortage of activity funds, consumers cannot receive the profit.

[0006] Furthermore, in the early stages of the founding of small and medium-sized enterprises and individual enterprises, it may be difficult to raise funds, and there is a problem that protection and development of small and medium-sized enterprises and individual enterprises are lacking.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a content securities providing method and a providing system capable of smoothly supplying an activity fund to a content owner. Another object of the present invention is to provide a content securities providing method and a providing system that can increase the willingness of investors to invest.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a content certificate according to a first aspect of the present invention includes the steps of issuing a content certificate relating to content, and storing the content of the content certificate in a database. A registration step, a step of publishing the contents registered in the database, and a step of offering the content securities by publicly soliciting investment in the content securities.

In this configuration, first, content securities relating to the content are issued. Next, the contents of the content security are registered in the database. Next, the contents registered in the database are announced. Finally, content securities can be provided by publicly soliciting investment in the content securities. According to such a method, content securities that are easy for general consumers (investors) to make investment decisions are issued, and general consumers' motivation to purchase can be improved. Therefore, the activity fund can be smoothly supplied to the production company or the individual who is the owner of the content.
In addition, the provision of the content securities is performed on the network, so that the general consumers can easily purchase the content securities.

[0010] The step of issuing the content securities includes, for example, assigning or licensing the right relating to the content, generating a claim by treating the transfer or licensing consideration as a liability, and assigning the claim to the content. Rights are securitized, and the content securities are issued based on the securitized rights. The right regarding the content includes, for example, an intellectual property right.

In the step of registering the content securities in a database, for example, the registration processing is performed by associating the contents of the contents with the contents of the content securities.
Further, the content of the content securities is changed, for example, in association with the content.

[0012] A content securities providing system according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a content issuing means for issuing a content security, a content registration means for registering the content security in a content database, and the content registration means. Content public offering means for publishing the contents registered in the database and publicly offering investment in the content securities, and content management means for accepting public offerings for the content securities and registering and managing the sales information of the content securities in the securities management database And the following.

[0013] In this configuration, the issued content securities are registered in the database, and the contents are made public.
A public offering for content securities is conducted. Then, the public offering of the content securities is accepted, and the sales information of the content securities is registered and managed by the security management database. In this way, content securities that are easy for general consumers (investors) to make investment decisions are issued, and general consumers' motivation to purchase can be improved. Therefore, the activity fund can be smoothly supplied to the production company or the individual who is the owner of the content. In addition, the provision of the content securities is performed on the network, so that the general consumers can easily purchase the content securities.

[0014] The content issuing means may generate, for example, a debt by treating the transfer or license of the right relating to the content as a liability, and securitize the right relating to the content by transferring the receivable. Issue the content securities based on the right.

[0015] The content securities providing system may include a management server that transmits and receives various information on a network and registers necessary information in each database.

In the content database, for example, the content of the content and the content of the content certificate are registered in association with each other. In this case, ordinary consumers can easily make investment decisions on content securities simply by looking at the content database. The content of the content certificate may be changed, for example, in association with the content.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 by taking as an example a case where content copyright is securitized and content securities are provided. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a content securities providing system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, a content securities providing system 1 is provided in a user terminal 2a of an author (or company) 2 having a content and a copyright management company 3 which receives a copyright transfer. It comprises a management server 3a, a user terminal 4a of the investment member 4, and a user terminal 5a of the general investment member 5, which are connected by a network. Here, the transfer of the copyright may be, for example, a transfer of only a part of the copy right (only a right to copy a predetermined character to a predetermined product) in addition to a transfer of the entire copyright. .

The management server 3a has a communication control unit 3b and a processing control unit 3c. The communication control unit 3b communicates with the user terminal 2a, the user terminal 4a, the user terminal 5a, and the like via a network under the control of the processing control unit 3c, and transmits and receives various information.
The processing control unit 3c is for registering necessary information in each database provided in the copyright management company 3.

The user terminal 2a, the user terminal 4a, and the user terminal 5a are composed of, for example, ordinary personal computers, work stations, and the like. User terminal 2
The browsers a, 4a, and 5a are provided, and access the management server 3a (processing control unit 3c) via a network to register necessary information in a predetermined database of the copyright management company 3.

Next, registration processing performed by each database of the copyright management company 3 and the author 2 will be described. FIG.
1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a content securities providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, with each database and processing contents corresponding to the database. Note that, as described above, the following processing is performed by accessing the management server 3a from the user terminals 2a, 4a, and 5a via a network.

As shown in FIG. 2, the copyright management company 3
Author member database 6 and investment member database 7
, A content database 8, a public offering price database 9, a securities management database 10, and a fund management database 11.

The writer member database 6 is a database for performing a member registration 12 of the writer 2 who wants to provide a fund using the present providing system 1. In the writer member database 6, the member registration of the writer 2 is performed by the writer 2 performing the member registration process 13 via the network. FIG. 3A shows the structure of the author member database 6. As shown in FIG. 3A, the author member database 6 registers the name, address, member number, owned content, and the like of the author 2. In addition, since the transfer of the copyright accompanies, it may be necessary to separately fill out a registration form, for example, and then press the seal to submit as necessary.

The investment member database 7 is a database for performing a member registration 14 of the investment member 4 who wants to purchase content securities using the present providing system 1. In the investment member database 7, the membership registration of the investment member 4 is performed by the investment member 4 performing the member registration processing 15 via the network. FIG. 3B shows the structure of the investment member database 7. As shown in FIG. 3B, the investment member database 7 stores the name, address,
o etc. are registered.

The contents database 8 is a database for registering contents 16 of the contents owned by the author 2. In the content database 8, the author 2
Performs content registration 16 via the network, thereby registering the content (eg, character) of the content. In the content database 8, the content of the content securities using the registered content (for example, “Character champagne bonds for Christmas”) and the rights on which the content securities are based (for example, the right to copy a character on a champagne label) Is registered by the copyright management company 3, for example.

The content securities can be classified into corporate bond-type content securities and stock-type content securities.
Corporate bond-type content securities, like ordinary corporate bonds, are fixed-income securities that are issued to raise funds. (Investment member 4). Corporate bond-type content securities provide the funds needed to manufacture and sell specific products, such as `` Character Champagne Bonds for Christmas, '' which targets characters with characters printed on Christmas champagne labels. Suitable for short-term projects to be procured.

On the other hand, stock-type content securities are investment targets, like ordinary stock certificates, so that a continuous dividend can be expected, and purchased content securities can be sold. A stock-type content security is a security that specifies only a target character and has no target product or period, such as “character stock”. As a stock-type content security, if the target of "character stock" is a stable and popular long-lived character (for example, an enka singer), the stock price will be stable and a continuous dividend can be secured. In addition, if the target of the “character stock” is a character that is currently explosively popular (for example, an idol singer), it is expected that a high risk and high return will be obtained. In this case, as a trend, it is assumed that the purpose of the fan or the like is placed on ownership rather than investment. It is preferable that the issuance of stock-type content securities does not hinder the free activities of the author.

FIG. 4A shows the structure of the content database 8. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the content database 8 stores the member number of the author 2, the contents, the contents of the contents securities, the number of bid shares, the number of publicly offered shares, the face value, the contents of the rights on which the contents securities are based, and the like. Is registered.

As described above, in the content database 8, the registration process is performed in such a manner that the content of the content and the investment condition (the content of the content security) are associated with each other. The content database 8 can also change the investment condition in association with the content. Specifically, the content of the content securities can be changed from, for example, a corporate bond-type content security to a stock-type content security.

The investment member 4 can refer to the contents of the content database 8 by the content reference 18 of the investment member 4. Specifically, the content of the content database 8 can be referenced by the investment member 4 performing the content reference processing 19 via the network. Therefore, the content database 8 may be provided with an advertising page for explaining the content of the content securities and the like to the investment member 4 and the like in an easy-to-understand manner.

The publicly offered price database 9 is a database for making a bid 20 for the investment member 4 who wants to bid on content securities using the present providing system 1. In the public offering price database 9, a public offering price is determined by a bid receiving process 21 and a public offering price determining process 22 for determining a public offering price based on the result of this bidding.

Specifically, first, each investment member 4 makes a bid 20 for the desired purchase price and the desired number of shares of the content securities via the network. When the bidding is completed, the right to purchase the content securities can be obtained by the bid receiving process 21 in the descending order of the bid unit price (the desired purchase price). Then, the bid price at the time of purchasing the content securities becomes the public offering price.

FIG. 4B shows the structure of the publicly offered price database 9. As shown in FIG. 4B, the results of bidding on the number of publicly offered shares, the face value, the publicly offered price, and the like are registered in the publicly offered price database 9.

The securities management database 10 stores the investment member 4
This is a database for registering bid information from. In the securities management database 10, the public offering price is determined by the public offering price determination process 22, and the content securities securitized by the securitization business process 23 are registered. FIG. 5A shows the structure of the securities management database 10. As shown in FIG. 5A, the member number of the investment member 4 who has bid for the content securities, the number of bid shares, the bid price, the content of the content securities, and the like are registered in the securities management database 10.

The securities management database 10 is a database for registering the results of the purchase 24 of securities by the investment member 4. In the securities management database 10, the result of the transaction relating to the content securities that has been subjected to the bid payout processing 25 in which the investment member 4 pays out the bid via the network is registered.

Further, the securities management database 10 is a database for registering the result of the purchase 26 of securities by the general investment member 5. In the securities management database 10,
The price of the content securities determined by the public offering acceptance process 27 for accepting the public offering is registered.

The fund management database 11 is a database for registering fund information relating to content securities.
In the fund management database 11, the result of the deposit processing 28 for processing the deposited securities purchase price through the bid payout processing 25 and the public offering acceptance processing 27 is registered. FIG. 5B shows the structure of the fund management database 11. As shown in FIG. 5B, in the fund management database 11, the member numbers of the investment member 4 and the general investment member 5, the number of shares purchased, the purchase price, the deposit information, the contents of the content securities, and the like are registered.

The fund management database 11 is a database for registering the result of the fund receiving 29 of the author 2. In the fund management database 11, the result of supplying funds to the author 2 by the fund dispensing process 30 for dispensing funds via the network is registered.

Next, the content securities providing system configured as described above will be described after the content securities are purchased. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of processing performed after the content securities are purchased in the content securities providing system 1 of the present embodiment and a database corresponding thereto.

As shown in FIG. 6, the contents of the activity information disclosure 31 performed by the author 2 are registered in the author member database 6 and the content database 8 by the activity information disclosure process 32 via the network. The result of the payment of the dividend source 33 performed by the author 2 is registered in the securities management database 10 by the source payment process 34 via the network. In addition, the result of the activity of the author 2 is registered in the author member database 6 and the content database 8 by the result disclosure process 35 via the network from the dividend funding process 34.

On the other hand, the investment member 4 (including the general investment member 5) checks the activity information or the activity record of the author 2 registered in the author member database 6 and the content database 8 for the activity status. It can be obtained by performing an inquiry 36. Activity status inquiry processing 3 via the network for activity information of author 2
7 can be obtained. Also, regarding the activity result of the author 2, the result inquiry process 38 via the network
Can be obtained.

Further, the payment of the dividend resources 3 from the author 2
Is paid to the securities agency 40 as a dividend fund 41, and the result is registered in the securities management database 10 by a dividend fund payout process 39. This dividend fund 41
Is the dividend, investment member 4 (including general investment member 5)
Will be paid.

Next, a description will be given of a method for providing content securities using the content securities providing system 1 configured as described above. FIG. 7 illustrates the author 2 (artist 51, content publisher 52), the copyright management company 3, the investment member 4, and the general investment member 5 (general investor) in order to explain the content securities providing method of the present embodiment. 55)
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of copyright, funds, and the like between the users.

As shown in FIG. 7, an artist 51 who wishes to provide funds transfers copyright to a copyright management company 3 (or a copyright management company 3 via a content publisher 52).

The copyright management company 3 assigns funds to the artist 51 as compensation for the transfer of the copyright to the artist 51 (or a distribution of funds through the content publisher 52).
1) to provide.

Here, the copyright management company 3 treats the funds provided to the artists 51 and the like as debts, and generates a copyright claim. Then, the receivable is sold to a content securities provider 53 that provides the content securities. In this manner, the liquidity (securitization) of the copyright claim can provide the same effect as the securitization of the copyright itself. In the content securities providing system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the copyright management company 3 includes the content securities provider 53.

[0047] Content securities provider 53 having a claim
Transmits the content securities (for example, the securities such as the aforementioned bond type and stock type content securities) relating to the receivables to general investors 55 (including both the investment member 4 and the general investment member 5) through the securities company 54. To provide. The price at which the general investor 55 purchased the content securities is transferred to the securities company 54, the content securities provider 53, and the copyright management company 3
Is provided to the artist 51 and the like via the.

As described above, by using the content securities providing system 1, the artist 51 can obtain necessary activity funds. For this reason, the opportunity for the activity of the artist 51 increases. In addition, general investors 55
Is a financial product (content securities) that makes it easy to make investment decisions
And the willingness of general investors 55 to invest is improved.

The artist 51 can invest the fund provided in this way in the merchandising company 56, for example, as a fund for developing a product related to the content. Then, the merchandise is transferred from the merchandising company 56 to the merchandise market 57.
And the consumer 58 purchases this product, which can benefit the artist 51 via the product market 57 and the merchandising company 56.

Next, a method for providing content securities will be described with reference to FIG. 2 using a specific example. In this example, a case will be described in which an artist B (author 2) having a content related to a character A desires to raise 10 million yen as an activity fund.

First, the artist B performs a member registration process 13 via the network, and registers the member 12 in the author member database 6. Author Member Database 6
As shown in FIG. 3A, the user inputs "B" for the name and "Character A" for the content. With this input, the creator member is registered, and the member number “001” is given.

Next, the artist B has the character A
The copyright for the content is transferred to the copyright management company 3 and the copyright management company 3 is requested to issue a content certificate for the content. Here, for example, if the copyright can be transferred for 3 million yen, the copyright management company 3 is requested to issue 7 million yen worth of content securities.

The artist B performs content registration processing 17 via the network, and registers the character A, which is the content of the content, in the content database 8 16. In the content database 8, as shown in FIG.
"Character A" or the like is input in the content.

The copyright management company 3 treats the fund of 3 million yen as a consideration for the copyright as a liability, generates a credit for the copyright, and uses this credit for the content securities providing company 5
Sold to 3. The content securities providing company 53 (in the content securities providing system of FIG. 2, since the content securities providing company 53 is included in the copyright management company 3 and described, the copyright management company 3) For example, "character A stock" is proposed.

Further, the content securities providing company 53 (the copyright management company 3) performs the content registration processing 17 via the network, and registers the contents of the content securities in the content database 8. Content database 8
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the content of the content securities is “Character A shares”, the number of bid shares is “300 shares”, the number of publicly offered shares is “400 shares”, the face value is “10,000 yen”, and the rights Enter "copyright regarding character A" in the content.

When the contents securities provider 53 (copyright management company 3) registers the contents of the contents securities in the contents database 8, it provides, for example, the contents database 8 with information on bidding on the contents securities.

When the information relating to the bidding of the content securities is provided to the content database 8, the investment member 4 can obtain the information relating to the bidding of the content securities by the content reference processing 19 via the network. The investment member 4 makes an investment decision by referring to the content 18 in the content database 8, and when the investment member 4 desires to bid on the content securities, a bid 20 is made by a bid acceptance process via a network.

The investment member 4 can become a member by performing the member registration process 15 via the network and registering the member 14 in the investment member database 7. In the investment member database 7, as shown in FIG. With this input, the investment member is registered and a member No. “1001” is given.

The number of bid shares (for example, 10 shares) and the unit price thereof (for example, 10,000 yen) are input for the bidding, and the content securities for the bid can be purchased in the descending order of the bid price of the content securities. Then, the bid price when the content securities are sold becomes the public offering price. The public offering price is registered in the public offering price database 9 by the content securities provider 53 (the copyright management company 3). The result of the bidding is registered in the public offering price database 9, and as shown in FIG. 4B, for example, "400 shares" for public offering, "10,000 yen" for face value, "10,000 yen" for public offering price, etc. Is entered.

When the bidding stock is bid (purchased), the securitization business process 23 is performed by the content securities providing company 53 (the copyright management company 3), and the content securities are registered in the securities management database 10. Securities Management Database 1
0, as shown in FIG.
"1001", "10 shares" for the number of bid shares, "10,000 yen" for the bid price, and "Character A"
"Stock" or the like is input.

When the public offering price is determined, a public offering accepting process 27 is performed, and the general investment member 5 purchases the securities 26 of the content securities. When the general investment member 5 purchases the publicly offered shares, the contents securities are registered in the securities management database 10 by the contents securities provider 53 (copyright management company 3).

When the purchase price of the content securities is transferred by the investment member 4 or the general investment member 5, the payment processing 28 is performed by the content securities provider 53 (copyright management company 3) and registered in the fund management database 11. Is done. As shown in FIG. 5B, in the fund management database 11, the member number of the investment member is “1001”, the number of shares purchased is “10 shares”, the purchase price is “10,000 yen”, and the deposit information is “Payment completed”. And "Character A stock" etc. are entered in the content of the content security. Then, the content securities providing company 53 (the copyright management company 3) gives the artist B a fair value (for example, 7
(00 shares x 10,000 yen = 7 million yen).

As described above, the artist B can procure a fund of 10 million yen, which is the sum of the copyright transfer amount of 3 million yen and the market value of the content securities of 7 million yen.
The artist B can use the 10 million yen as a fund for, for example, a creative activity or invest in the merchandising company 56 as a fund for developing a product related to the content shown in FIG.

The artist B is a commercialization company 56
The information of the investment activity for the company is registered in the author member database 6 and the content database 8 by the activity information disclosure process 32. Here, for example, the artist is a commercialization company 5
In the case where a profit has been obtained by investing in No. 6, a dividend fund 33 is paid by the dividend fund processing 34, and the dividend payment 33 is registered in the securities management database 10.
Be managed. Then, a dividend fund 41 is made to the securities agency 40 by the dividend fund payout processing 39, and the dividend fund 41 becomes a dividend, which is distributed to the investment member 4 and the general investment member 5.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the intellectual property right of the content is securitized and the content securities can be provided, so that the investor's willingness to invest is improved and new investment is made. The appeal as a product increases.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the intellectual property right of the content is securitized, and the content securities can be provided, so that the activity fund is smoothly supplied to the artist (author 2). This increases the opportunities for artists to be active and evaluated. In addition, it can contribute to improving the cultural level.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the creator 2 gives the copyright management company 3 permission to copy a specific character without transferring the copyright. You may just give it. in this case,
By generating a receivable by treating the price for the permission of the reproduction right as a debt, the copyright can be liquidized (securitized) as in the present embodiment.

The copyright management company 3 can also limit the receivables to those related to provision of some content securities. In this case, the copyright management company 3 can independently make a product development investment in the commercialization company 56.

In the present embodiment, copyright has been described as an example of intellectual property rights of content, but the present invention is not limited to copyright. Further, the forms and screens of the database used in the present embodiment are merely examples, and other forms and screen configurations may be used.

[0070]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Activity funds can be smoothly supplied to content owners. In addition, the investor's willingness to invest can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a content securities providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a content securities providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a table illustrating a configuration of an author member database according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a table illustrating a configuration of an investment member database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a table showing a configuration of a content database according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4B is a table showing a configuration of a public offering price database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a table showing a configuration of a security management database according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5B is a table showing a configuration of a fund management database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a content securities providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method for providing content securities according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3a management server 8 content database 10 securities management database

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A step of issuing a content security relating to content, a step of registering the content of the content security in a database, a step of publishing the content registered in the database, and a public offering for investment in the content security. Providing the content certificate. 2. The step of issuing the content securities includes assigning or licensing a right relating to the content, generating a claim by treating the transfer or licensing consideration as a liability, and assigning the claim to the content. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: securitizing a right relating to the content; and issuing the content security based on the securitized right. 3. The content certificate according to claim 1, wherein the step of registering the content certificate in the database performs a registration process by associating the content of the content with the content of the content certificate. Delivery method. 4. The content of the content certificate is changed in association with the content.
How to provide content securities described in. 5. A content issuing unit for issuing a content certificate; a content registering unit for registering the content certificate in a content database; and a content registered in the content database by the content registering unit. A content public offering means for publicly offering investment in content, and a content managing means for accepting public offerings for content securities and registering and managing content securities trading information in a securities management database. . 6. The content issuing means generates a claim by treating the transfer of the right related to the content or the consideration for the license as a debt, and securitizes the right related to the content by transferring the receivable. The content securities providing system according to claim 5, wherein the content securities are issued based on the right. 7. The content certificate providing system according to claim 5, further comprising a management server for transmitting and receiving various information on a network and registering necessary information in each database. . 8. The content securities providing system according to claim 5, wherein the contents database is registered by associating the contents of the contents with the contents of the content securities. . 9. The content of the content certificate is changed in association with the content.
9. The system for providing content securities according to any one of items 1 to 8.