JP2003099553A - Rental fee collection vicarious execution system of music work, and rental fee collection vicarious execution method of music work - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method thereof which accept use applications from uses who are going to use music works through little mediation of hands and collect rental fees on behalf of persons who own the copyright of music works. SOLUTION: In this system, a music work to use is chosen by retrieving a work database 118 at a work selecting part 104 after accessing a rental fee collecting vicarious executing system 10 through the Internet 20 by operating a user client terminal 30 and registering of the user at a user confirmation part 102, the decentralization of use authority of the work is selected at a selecting part 106 of decentralization of use authority, and the permission of use is completed by performing the application of use at a use application part 108. A demand for payment part 112 charges payment of rental fees to the users, and a payment of rental fees part 114 pays the rental fees to the persons who own the copyrights of music.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention manages music copyrighted materials under the commission of the copyright owner, accepts application requests from users who intend to use the music copyrighted material through the Internet, and The present invention relates to a system for collecting and collecting a usage fee of a music work that collects a usage fee instead.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The management and mediation of music copyrights in Japan has been conducted for many years by the Japan Music Copyright Association (JASR).
AC) has been monopolized. Jasrac has signed a copyright trust agreement with the copyright holders and collected work usage fees and brokerage fees from users who try to use music works. However, as a result of many years of monopoly by Jasrac,
Several negative effects have surfaced. First of all, each procedure such as copyright management application, usage application, collection and distribution of usage fee is done manually, which is complicated and inefficient.
It was never omitted because of the monopoly business. In addition, the work usage fee and the brokerage fee were set almost uniformly for each subdivision, and it was not possible to meet the wishes of each copyright holder. In other words, the price was almost the same regardless of whether the copyright holder wanted to sell a high-demand work at a high price or wanted to sell it at a low price for widespread use.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to accept a usage application from a user who intends to use a music copyrighted material with almost no human intervention, and collect a usage fee on behalf of the copyright holder. An object of the present invention is to provide a system for collecting and collecting usage fees for music works that can be used.

Another object of the present invention is to set a usage fee for each work based on the will of the copyright holder and to negotiate the price. It is to provide a collection and collection method.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a user who manages music works under the commission of the copyright holder and intends to use the music works through the Internet. Is a music fee collection system for collecting usage fees on behalf of the copyright holder, and includes a plurality of user data including at least the user's name or name and address or whereabouts. A user database means that can be accumulated and registered as a user,
For the user accessed through the Internet, the presence or absence of user registration is confirmed based on the user data read from the user database means, and if there is the user registration, it is determined that the use application can be accepted, If there is no user registration, user confirmation means for inputting the user data necessary for the user registration, copyright holder data including at least the name or name and address or residence of the copyright holder, and entrustment The work data including the work name of the received work and the work database means capable of accumulating a plurality of the price of the usage fee for each work, respectively, and the user registered as the user. , A work selecting means capable of searching and selecting the work to be used from the work database, and a work selecting means. The user who selects the work and confirms the price of the usage fee of the work read out from the work database, and the use application means for applying the use, and the use application. Payment request means for charging the user for payment of the usage fee of the work and the fee required for the application procedure for use, based on the user data read from the user database, and the payment request. A usage fee collecting agent system for music works is configured including a usage fee payment means for paying the usage fee paid by means of means to the copyright holder of the work related to the usage application.

[0006] According to such a fee collection system for collecting charges for music works, a user who intends to use the music works makes an application for application through the Internet. User registration is required as a precondition for application for use, and when a user accesses it via the Internet, the user confirmation means accumulates a plurality of user data including at least the user's name or name and address or whereabouts to register the user. The presence or absence of user registration is confirmed based on the user data read from the available user database means. The confirmation is performed by various methods such as user ID, password, and cookie, and a combination thereof. The user confirmation means determines that the application for use can be accepted if there is user registration, and prompts the user to input user data necessary for user registration if there is no user registration. As the user data, in addition to the user's name or name and address or whereabouts, which are the minimum necessary for the contract, for example, an e-mail address or the name of a person in charge in the case of a corporation can be cited. Data about the copyright holder who intends to collect usage fees on behalf of this system, including the copyright holder data including at least the name or name of the copyright holder and the address or whereabouts, and the title of the work entrusted A plurality of work data and the price of the fee for use for each work are stored in the work database means in association with each other. As the minimum copyright holder's name or name and address or other copyright holder data in the contract, for example, the representative name or copyright holder in the case of sharing the real name or copyright in the case of e-mail address or stage name Agent, bank account, etc. In addition, the copyright owner includes a person who has transferred all or part of the copyright from the author.
These data are registered, for example, from the client operated by the copyright holder through the Internet. The registered user searches and selects the work to be used from the work database through the work selecting means. Subsequently, the user who has selected the work by the work selection means makes a use application by confirming the value of the usage fee of the work read from the work database by the use application means. Basically, this concludes the license agreement. The price is decided by the copyright holder and registered in advance in the work database. Specifically, the price of the usage fee is, for example, what is the royalties per sheet in the case of recording, and how much is it once in the case of playing right, and in addition, the initial fee and the minimum guarantee amount etc. May be included. Payment of the usage fee of the work related to the usage application and the fee required for the procedure of the usage application is charged to the user based on the user data read from the user database by the payment requesting means. For example, the billing means creates an invoice,
Shipped to the user by mail or attached to an email,
Alternatively, the user's client is connected to the site of a financial institution such as a bank and the payment procedure is performed. The usage fee payment means pays the usage fee paid by the request by the payment requesting means to the copyright holder of the work to which the usage application is applied. For example, the usage fee payment means, after the usage fee is transferred to a predetermined bank account by the user, the usage fee is transferred to the copyright holder's bank account based on the copyright holder data, or a check or a check is sent to the copyright holder. Send registered mail in cash.

With such a configuration, a user who intends to use a music copyrighted material can easily license the user in a short time by operating the client to access the system and inputting / selecting necessary items. Therefore, the desired work can be used without the need for complicated documentation. Further, by minimizing the manpower required for permission and collection of the usage fee, it is possible to keep the fee low, reduce the burden on the user accordingly, and consequently increase the share of the copyright holder.

Each database means included in the present system may be physically configured in one integrated device, or configured as two or more separate database servers connected through a network such as the Internet. It may have been done. Further, although each means is a Web server or a database server, it goes without saying that they may be physically configured as one integrated computer or may be separate computers that can be connected via the Internet. A user can access this system from a client such as a personal computer, a PDA, a mobile phone, etc., which can be connected to the Internet and is operated by the user.

Further, the work data accumulated in the work database includes the permission / non-permission of permission for each subdivision of each work, and regarding the work selected by the work selecting means,
It is possible to further include a decentralization right selecting means by which a user can select a licensed decentralization right based on the work data accumulated in the work database. The dedication rights are, for example, a recording right, a videogramming right, a multimedia packaging right, a network distribution right, a wireless distribution right, and the like.
The copyright holder separates these subdivision rights from those that may or may not be licensed and pre-registers them in the work database. For example, wireless distribution is not permitted, but network distribution is permitted. At this time, there are cases where the copyright holder considers wireless distribution unfavorable and does not grant the permission, and cases where the recording right has already been granted to other users exclusively and exclusively, and thus may not be granted. Due to this, under the conventional system, especially in the licensing of music copyrights that have been delayed in supporting digital media,
Since it is possible to grant permission for each subdivision right, both the user side and the copyright holder side can clearly understand the content of the permission, and it is possible to collect the usage fee reliably. It is also possible to provide different types of licenses, one for exclusive use and one for non-exclusive use.

Further, the work data accumulated in the work database includes a usage fee for each decentralization right, and the usage application means can confirm the value of the usage fee for each delegation right. By thus setting the usage fee for each subdivision right, it becomes possible to use the copyright according to the intention of the copyright holder. For example, a strategy of keeping the usage fee low for some parts of the work and making it heard by as many people as possible, and making other people record it or record it as a multimedia package and ask other people to buy it. You can choose how to use the copyright.

Further, when the usage fee has not been confirmed by the usage application means, a desired price notifying means for allowing the user to input the desired price and at least notifying the entered desired price to the copyright holder of the work is provided. Further, it may be included. In this way, if the license agreement is not established due to price issues, by notifying the copyright holder that there was an application at a desired price that is (in most cases) lower than the price registered in the work database. , It is possible for the copyright holder to give a room for the copyright holder to consider and select whether or not to rewrite the price below the desired price to establish the contract, thereby facilitating the establishment of the contract. The notification is given, for example, by electronic mail.

Furthermore, the present invention manages music copyrighted materials under the commission of the copyright owner, accepts a use application from a user who intends to use the music copyrighted material through the Internet, and requests the copyright owner to use the music copyrighted material. A method of collecting usage fees of music works instead of collecting usage fees, wherein a plurality of user data including at least the user's name or name and address or whereabouts is stored for the user accessed through the Internet. A user registration process of registering in a user database that can be registered as a user, copyright holder data including at least the name or name and address or whereabouts of the copyright holder, and a work including the work name of the commissioned work From the work database in which the data and the price of the usage fee for each work are associated with each other, By the operation of the recorded user, the work to be used is searched for and selected, and the price of the selected work is read from the work database, and the price is given to the user. The user data read out from the user database, the usage application process in which the usage application is performed by confirmation, and the payment of the usage fee of the work related to the usage application and the fee required for the procedure of the usage application. A payment request process for charging the user based on the above, and a payment process for paying the usage fee paid by the payment requesting means to the copyright holder of the work related to the use application. Including the method of collecting usage fees for music works.

The work data accumulated in the work database includes permission / non-permission of use for each subdivision of each work,
For the work selected by the work selecting means, the user may further include a decentralization right selection process in which a user selects a licensed decentralization right based on the work data accumulated in the work database. In addition, the work data accumulated in the work database includes a usage fee for each decentralization right, and the usage application process can confirm the value of the usage fee for each delegation right. Further, when the usage fee is not confirmed in the use application process, the process further includes a desired price notification process of allowing the user to input a desired price and at least notifying the entered desired price to the copyright holder of the work. You can also do so.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION One embodiment of a system for collecting and collecting usage fees for musical works according to the present invention will be described below. The following description is for a better understanding of the present invention and is not used to limit the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of one embodiment of a system for collecting and collecting usage fees of musical works according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a user fee collection system 1
0 manages music copyrighted materials under the commission of the copyright owner, accepts applications for use from users attempting to use music copyrighted materials through the Internet 20, and collects usage fees on behalf of the copyright owner. . Rental fee collection system 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a server, and the user operates the browser of the user client 30 to access the usage fee collection agent system 10 through the Internet 20 to apply for usage.

The usage fee collection agent system 10 includes a user confirmation section 102, a work selection section 104, a decentralization selection section 106, a usage application section 108, a desired price notification section 110, and a payment request section 1.
20, usage fee payment unit 114, user database 11
6. Work database 118 and payment database 12
Including 0.

The user database 116 stores a plurality of user data including the name or name and address or whereabouts of the user who intends to use the music copyrighted material using the fee collection system 10. The user is registered as a person who can use the usage fee collection agent system 10 for the first time by accumulating the user data.

The user confirmation unit 102 confirms the presence or absence of user registration based on the user data read from the user database 116 for the user who has accessed through the Internet, and if there is user registration, accepts the application for use. If it is judged that it is possible, if there is no user registration, the user data required for user registration will be entered. Specifically, the user confirmation unit 102 displays the top page of the usage fee collection agent system 10 on the browser of the user client 30,
A user who does not have user registration is prompted to input necessary user data from the user data input page and is given a user ID and password. A user who is registered as a user is allowed to enter a user ID and password to allow access to the work selection page.

The work database 118 includes copyright holder data including the name or name and address or whereabouts of the copyright holder necessary for the license agreement, and work data including the work name of the work entrusted by the copyright holder. , The price of the usage fee for each work is associated with each other and accumulated. The work data accumulated in the work database includes whether or not a license is permitted for each decentralization right of each work, and also includes a usage fee for each decentralized right that can be licensed. The deferred rights are a recording right, a videogramming right, a multimedia packaging right, a network distribution right, and a wireless distribution right.

The work selection unit 104 displays the work selection page on the browser screen of the user client 30 by the user registered by the user inputting the user ID and password in the user confirmation unit 102. The user can search and select the work to be used from the work database 118 on this screen. The search condition is the work database 118 such as author name and work name.
The author data and the work data that are stored in. A corresponding work is displayed in a list on the browser screen of the user client 30 by the search, and the user selects the work for which the license is desired by double-clicking or the like.

When the user selects a work on the work selection page, the decentralization selection unit 106 transmits the distribution right selection page. On the allocation selection page, the allocation rights that can be granted for the selected work are read from the work database 118 and displayed. The user can select the subdivision right for which the license is desired.

The use application unit 108 transmits a use application page to the user client 30 of the user who has selected a work on the work selection page and has selected the decentralization right on the decentralization right selection page. On the usage application page, it is possible to confirm the value of the usage fee for each decentralization of the work read from the work database 118. Apply for use by confirming this. The confirmation is made, for example, by pressing the confirmation button displayed on the usage application page.

The desired price notifying section 110 transmits the desired price page to the user client 30 when the user does not confirm the usage fee on the usage application page. On the desired price page, the user can enter the desired value of the usage fee. A portion of the entered desired price and user data is notified to the copyright holder of the work. The notification is made by electronic mail addressed to the author client 40. The copyright owner refers to the notice and works database 11
It is possible to update the data of No. 8 and reduce the usage fee to a desired value or a value close to the desired value and make a license agreement. If the copyright holder reduces the price of the fee, the user may be notified of that. This is also by e-mail addressed to the user client 30.

The payment requesting unit 112 pays the usage fee of the work relating to the usage application and the fee required for the procedure of the usage application,
The user is billed based on the user data read from the user database. The payment method can be selected from a number of options, and the payment request unit 112 causes the user to select the payment method on the payment request page displayed on the browser of the user client 30. For example, sending an invoice by mail, sending an invoice by e-mail, and automatically debiting a bank account.

The usage fee payment unit 114 pays the usage fee paid by the billing by the payment requesting unit 112 to the copyright holder of the work for which the usage application is made. The payment method is registered in the work database 118 in advance, and is performed by, for example, mailing a check or transferring it to a bank account.

Payment requesting unit 112 and usage fee paying unit 114
The payment status of the payment information is stored in the payment database 120 as payment data, and the payment data is used to pay the usage fee collected for each month to the copyright holder on a certain date.

Next, the operation of the usage fee collection agency system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure from the use application to the usage fee collection using the usage fee collection agent system 10 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, when the user operates the user client 30 to access the usage fee collection agent system 10 through the Internet, the user confirmation unit 102.
Is asked whether there is user registration on the user confirmation page sent by (step S201). Specifically, the user inputs the user ID and password, and the user confirmation unit 102 checks the user data stored in the user database 116. If there is no user registration, the necessary user data is input and the registration procedure is performed (step S202).

Next, the user displays the work selection page transmitted by the work selection unit 104, and the work database 118 is displayed.
The work to be used is searched for and selected (step S203).

When a work is selected on the work selection page, the work database 118 is selected for the selected work.
The decentralization right selection page that displays the decentralized rights that can be licensed based on the work data accumulated in is transmitted by the decentralization right selection unit 106 and displayed on the user client 30. To select the decentralization right (step S204).

When the subdivision is selected, a usage application page is transmitted from the usage application section 108, and the usage fee for each allocation read from the work database 118 is displayed on the usage application page (step S205). The user selects whether or not to confirm the value of the usage fee for each decentralization right (step S206).

When the confirmation operation is performed, the license agreement is basically established, but the confirmation is not performed when there is a problem with the price. If the confirmation is not made, the desired price page may be transmitted by the desired price notification unit 110, and the user may input the desired price (step S207). If you do not enter the desired price, the procedure ends. When the desired price is entered, the desired price is notified to the copyright holder client 40 of the copyright holder (step S208), and the copyright holder can consider whether or not to grant the license at the desired price. If the copyright holder reduces the usage fee to the desired value and registers it in the work database 118, the user again accesses the usage fee collection agency system 10 to confirm the usage application.

When the license agreement is established, the user is requested to pay the usage fee of the work relating to the application and the fee required for the application procedure (step S209). The paid usage fee is paid to the copyright holder of the work related to the use application (step S210).

As described above, according to the fee collection system 10 for collecting charges for music works according to the present embodiment, a usage application from a user who wants to use a music work is accepted with little human intervention. , You can collect the usage fee on behalf of the copyright holder.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[0038]

As described above, according to the system and method for collecting the fee for using a musical work according to the present invention, the application for use is accepted from the user who intends to use the musical work with almost no human intervention, The usage fee can be collected on behalf of the copyright holder.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of one embodiment of a music copyright collection service system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure from a usage application to a usage fee collection in the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols] 10 Usage fee collection system 102 user confirmation section 104 work selection section 106 Decentralization Selection Section 108 Usage Application Department 110 Desired price notification section 112 Payment Request Department 114 Fee Payment Department 116 User Database 118 works database 120 payment database

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A music copyright management service entrusted by the copyright holder, accepting a usage application from a user who intends to use the music copyrighted article through the Internet, and paying a fee on behalf of the copyright holder. Is a system for collecting usage fees for music works that collects, and a user database means capable of accumulating a plurality of user data including at least the user's name or name and address or whereabouts, and through the Internet. For the user who has accessed, the presence or absence of user registration is confirmed based on the user data read from the user database means, and if there is the user registration, it is determined that the use application can be accepted, and the use is completed. User confirmation means for inputting the user data required for the user registration if there is no user registration, The copyright holder data including the name or name and address or whereabouts of the copyright holder, the work data including the work name of the commissioned work, and the price of the fee for use for each work are associated with each other. A work database unit capable of accumulating a plurality of works; a work selection unit capable of allowing the user registered as the user to search and select the work to be used from the work database; and the work selection unit. The user selecting the work confirms the price of the usage fee of the work read out from the work database, and can use the use application means for applying the use, and Based on the user data read from the user database, payment of the usage fee of the work and the fee required for the application procedure A payment requesting means for charging the user, and a usage fee payment means for paying the usage fee paid by the request by the payment requesting means to the copyright holder of the work related to the use application. A system that collects usage fees for characteristic music works. 2. The work data accumulated in the work database includes permission / non-permission of use of each work for each subdivision, and the work selected in the work selecting means is stored in the work database. The system of claim 1, further comprising a decentralization right selection unit that allows a user to select a decentralized right that can be licensed based on the accumulated work data. 3. The work data accumulated in the work database includes the usage fee for each decentralization right, and the usage application unit confirms the value of the usage fee for each delegation right. A system for collecting the fee for using the music copyrighted work according to item 2. 4. When the usage fee is not confirmed by the usage application means, the user inputs a desired price, and at least the input desired price is notified to the copyright holder of the work. The system for collecting usage fees of music works according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising means for notifying a desired price. 5. The music copyright management is entrusted to the copyright holder, and the usage application is accepted from the user who intends to use the music copyrighted article through the Internet, and the usage fee is charged on behalf of the copyright holder. Is a method of collecting usage fees for music works that collects, and stores user data including at least the user's name or name and address or whereabouts of the user who has accessed through the Internet. User registration process of registering in the user database that can be done, copyright holder data including at least the name or name and address or whereabouts of the copyright holder, and work data including the work name of the commissioned work, and From the work database in which the price of the usage fee for each work is stored in association with each other, the user registered as the above By a user's operation, the work to be used is searched for and selected, and the price of the selected work is read from the work database, and the user confirms the price. Based on the user data read out from the user database, the use application process of making an application for use and payment of the usage fee of the work related to the usage application and the fee required for the procedure of the usage application A payment request process for charging a person to the copyright holder, and a payment process for paying the usage fee paid by the payment requesting means to the copyright holder of the work related to the use application. How to collect usage fees for music works. 6. The work data accumulated in the work database includes permission / non-permission of permission for each subdivision of each work, and the work database selected for the work is selected in the work database. The method for collecting usage fees for music works according to claim 5, further comprising a process of selecting a decentralized right that a user can use based on the accumulated work data. 7. The work data accumulated in the work database includes the usage fee for each decentralization right, and the usage application process confirms the value of the usage fee for each delegation right. The method of collecting the fee for using the music copyrighted work according to Item 6. 8. If the usage fee is not confirmed in the use application process, the user inputs a desired price, and at least the input desired price is notified to the copyright holder of the work. The method of collecting usage fees for music works according to claim 5, further comprising a step of notifying a desired price.