JP2003203132A - Method for calculating distribution amount of copyright fee, device thereof, computer program for executing this method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a configuration for calculating distribution amount of copyright fee to accurately and impartially distribute collected copyright fee to only trusters. <P>SOLUTION: This configuration for calculating distribution amount of copyright fee has an amount data storage part 1 of collected copyright fee, a total amount calculation part 2, a work data storage part 3, a point calculation part 4 of musical work data, a work point storage part 5 per musical work, a use data storage part 6 for used musical work, a weight data storage part 7 corresponding to a weight element included in use data, a calculation part 8 for calculating individual point by multiplying weight data specified by corresponding to the weight element by a point per musical work from the use data of used musical work, a storage part 9 for individual point per musical work, a total point calculation part 10 for individual point, a calculation part 11 for calculating one point unit price by dividing total amount by total point, a calculation part 12 for calculating fee by multiplying one point unit price by individual point, and a calculation part 13 for calculating distribution amount in accordance with a distribution rate from fee per musical work. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a copyright royalty distribution amount calculation method, an apparatus, and a computer for executing the method.
Program and recording medium

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Copyright is said to be a bundle of decentralized rights (the same applies to copyright adjacent rights). When such a work is used, the copyright fee as a consideration is usually the author or the copyright holder (right holder who has transferred the copyright).
Have to pay.

However, if an individual author or copyright holder has to charge the person who has used the work for a copyright fee and collect the fee, the procedure becomes complicated and extremely difficult. It takes time and effort. On the other hand, for those who use the works of other people, it may be necessary to check who is the author or copyright holder of the individual works contained in the work and then pay the respective copyright usage fees. It takes time and effort just to investigate the author or copyright holder of the copyrighted work, and not only can it be said that it is the same as the case of the author, but it may also encourage unauthorized use.

Therefore, for example, with respect to music copyrights, the author or the copyright holder may enter into a trust agreement, etc.
A system has been put in place to trust the collection and distribution of copyright usage fees, etc. for the copyrighted work, and other (general management of these copyrights such as lawsuits) to a specific organization (Japan Music Copyright Association, etc.). ing. If there is a copyright trust in the present application, at least the trust contract regarding the collection and distribution of the copyright usage fee of the copyrighted work is a trustee (legally, it is a trustee, usually the author or the copyright holder; It is also a beneficiary)
And the trustee (such as the above trust institutions).

Regarding the royalty fee for the music work, a predetermined amount is set in the fee rule delivered to the Agency for Cultural Affairs according to a certain standard. The trust institution will collect a copyright fee according to the fee rule.

[0006] Generally, in collecting the copyright usage fee for music, if the usage fee for each song of the copyrighted work is not determined and collected, the copyright usage fee for the music work is summarized. It is necessary to collect and then calculate the distribution. In such a case, in order to distribute the copyright usage fee of the music work further collected to the author or the copyright holder, first determine the copyright usage fee for each music work, and then for each copyright holder of the music work. Need to be distributed to.

[0007]

However, there are the following problems regarding the collection and distribution of copyright usage fees for copyrighted works that have received such trust.

Occurrence of usage fees (reservation) that cannot be distributed The above trust institutions receive trust of copyrighted works (copyrights) from trustees, and collect and distribute copyright usage fees and manage other things. Yes, there is no need to collect and distribute copyright fees for non-trustors, and that is not legally possible. That is, the copyright fee paid by the user of the copyrighted work included in the music work to the trust institution is a consideration for the use of the copyrighted work (copyright) received by the trust institution, and the copyright royalty collected is It should be distributed only to the trustees of the trust institution. However, if the collected royalty fee is simply apportioned to the copyrighted work, in the case of a copyrighted work by a non-trustor of the above trust institution, the copyright royalty will be allocated to the non-trustor. There is a usage fee that cannot be distributed and is retained. By incorporating the reserved usage fee into the copyright usage fee at the time of the next distribution at the time of reservation, the collected copyright usage fee can be distributed only to the trustees of the above trust institutions. In addition to complication, problems such as delay of distribution timing occur.

Reflecting the usage status of each work When the collected royalty fee is simply distributed to the work,
The circumstances of each work, such as the usage form of the work (weighting related to the use of the work) and the like, are not taken into consideration, which may result in unfair distribution. For example, in the case of nationwide broadcasting on mass media such as radio and television, a large number of audiences are assumed, and the case where a record performance is performed in these media and the case where a record performance is performed in front of a few people are the same. Even if it says the use of copyrighted works, the same amount of copyright usage fee will result in unfair distribution.

Reflection of change of author / copyright holder The copyright (copyright holder) of a work is not fixed, but is changed (transfer between right holders and the right holder is a non-trustor → trustor or trustee → It will be changed to a non-trustor). The copyright fee must be paid to the copyright holder at the time the work was used, but the copyright fee is paid and distributed by the user from the time the use or fee is paid ( Since it will be later (for example, 3 months or more), changes due to transfer of copyright holders to be distributed, reflection of transfer from non-trustee to trustee or from trustee to non-trustee, ratio of trustee to non-trustee ( The correct distribution cannot be done unless the distribution ratio) is accurately grasped.

Of course, the above is not a problem limited to works such as music works, but is a problem common to other works such as literary arts, academics, and art.
It can be said that there is a similar problem regarding copyright adjacency.
Therefore, the copyrights mentioned below also include adjacent rights.

The present invention was devised in view of the above problems. In order to distribute the collected copyright usage fees accurately and fairly only to the trustees, the copyright usage fees are distributed to these trustees. It is intended to provide a method for calculating the amount. A device capable of performing such a method,
A computer program and a recording medium for executing the method are also proposed.

[0013]

A copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating method according to the present invention is realized by a computer calculating means.
Step for calculating the total amount of copyright fees collected from the user of the copyrighted work in a predetermined period (first step)
And the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means of the computer, including at least the author or the distribution ratio between the copyright holder and the copyright holder, and the presence / absence of a copyright trust. A step (second step) in which the distribution rate of rights trustees is summed by the above calculation means, and the calculation points are calculated by the calculation means for each copyrighted work over a predetermined numerical value, and it is used during the period when the copyright fee is collected. A step (third step) of calculating the individual points by calculating the individual points by the above-mentioned arithmetic means by the above-mentioned arithmetic means, by summing the individual points by the above-mentioned arithmetic means. The step of calculating the total score (fourth step) and the total amount of the collected copyright fees are divided by the total score by the calculating means to calculate the unit price per point. Step (fifth step), step (sixth step) of calculating the usage fee for each used work by multiplying the unit price by the above calculation means and the individual score, and the used work A step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by the calculating means in accordance with the distribution rate from each usage fee (seventh step)
The basic feature is to execute and.

According to the above construction, the work points based on the distribution rate of the copyright trustees are calculated in the second step, and the individual points are calculated for each of the work pieces used in the third step based on the calculated work points. Therefore, in the fourth step, the total score of all the works used is calculated, and the total of the collected copyright fees calculated in the first step is divided by the total score to obtain 1
The point unit price is calculated, and by multiplying the unit price per point and the individual point in the sixth step, the usage fee for each used work can be calculated. Then, in the seventh step, the distribution amount of each copyright trustee for each used work is calculated according to the distribution ratio.

Here, the process of calculating the work points for each work in the second step is performed in order to prevent the non-trustee from retaining the reservation (copyright usage fee that cannot be distributed). That is, since the composition ratio and number of trustees and non-trustees differ for each work, the distribution ratio of copyright non-trustees can be calculated by excluding the distribution ratio of copyright non-trustees and multiplying it by a predetermined value. It has been corrected to a ratio that does not include.

The structure of claim 2 further incorporates the circumstances of each work such as the usage form of the work (weighting relating to the use of the work) into the above structure, resulting in fair distribution of copyright usage fees. It proposes a configuration that allows the amount to be calculated. As a specific configuration, a step of calculating the total amount of copyright fees collected from a user of a copyrighted work in a predetermined period by a computing means of a computer, and at least the author or the copyright holder and that person From the work work data stored in the data storage means of the computer, including the distribution ratio between the
For each copyrighted work, a step of summing the distribution rates of copyright trustees by the above calculation means and calculating the work points for each copyrighted work by the calculation means, and the period for which the copyright fee was collected Based on the usage data of the literary work used in, the weighting element related to the usage is extracted from the data storage means by the computing means, and the weight data defined corresponding to the weighting element is
The step of calculating the individual points by multiplying the work points of each used work by the calculating means, the step of calculating the total points by summing the individual points by the calculating means, and the collected points Divide the total amount of copyright fee by the total number of points by the above calculation means 1
The step of calculating the point unit price and the calculation means 1
From the step of multiplying the point unit price and the individual score to calculate the usage fee for each used work, and the usage fee for each used work, And a step of calculating the distribution amount of the right trustee.

In this configuration, after calculating the work points for each work, in consideration of the usage form of the work, a weighting factor related to the use is calculated from the use data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee is collected. In addition to the extraction, the weight data defined in correspondence with the weighting factor is multiplied by the work points of each used work to calculate an individual score. Thereby,
It is possible to reflect the usage status of each work by weighting the works according to the usage pattern. That is,
A large amount of usage fees can be allocated to works that have been used a lot (claim 3). Further, in the case of a copyrighted work such as a musical work, even if the number of times is large, it becomes possible to meet a request such as reducing the ratio of the theme song of a program and a commonly used song. Furthermore, the same work is
Since there is a natural difference between the case of national broadcasting by mass media such as radio and television and the case of local broadcasting, it is unfair about the distribution of copyright fees in such cases. It becomes possible to adjust so that it does not occur (Claim 4).

That is, according to the structure of claim 3, the weighting element for use contained in the use data includes an element depending on the number of times of use of the work, and the data storage means corresponds to the weighting element according to the number of times of use. It proposes that weight data is specified for each.

According to the structure of claim 4, the weighting element for use contained in the usage data has an element for each type of spreading method of the work, and the weighting is performed in the data storage means depending on the difference of the spreading method. It is proposed that weight data corresponding to each element be specified.

The term "promotion" refers to communication (wired / wireless) / broadcasting (radio / television / satellite / cable broadcasting) depending on the type of work, such as transfer, rental, exhibition, and data. In music, the differences between live broadcasts and record broadcasts are also subdivided).
Alternatively, it is an act of transmitting the content of the work to a person other than the author or the copyright holder, such as live (live) performance.

As described above, there is a change in copyright (transfer between right holders and change of right holder from non-trustee to trustee or trustee to non-trustee). Even if the timing of distribution of the royalty is delayed, the copyright royalty needs to be paid to the author or the copyright holder at the time when the copyrighted work was used. Therefore, changes due to transfer of copyright holders to be distributed, reflection of transfer from non-trustee to trustee or from trustee to non-trustee, and accurate understanding of ratio (distribution rate) between trustee and non-trustee In order to do so, the copyright work data should include the history of changes in these copyrights.
Based on these fluctuation history information during the period when the copyright fee was collected, the calculation process of the work points for each work and the calculation of the distribution amount of the copyright trustee according to the distribution ratio are performed. To do.

That is, claim 5 has a structure corresponding to such a request, and the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means includes the structure of the author and the copyright holder, the presence or absence of trust, and the distribution. The copyright change history information such as the rate is included, and based on these change history information in the period when the copyright fee is collected, the calculation means calculates the work point for each work, It stipulates that the calculation processing of the distribution amount of copyright trustees according to the distribution ratio is performed.

In the case of a copyrighted work such as a music work, the copyright is transferred from a copyright non-trustor, and the copyright owner is a copyright trustee (for example, a music publisher) and a copyright non-trustor. There is a case where the former distributes the latter amount of money instead of the other authors or copyright holders, and finally distributes the respective amount of money to the latter authors. If such a contract (such as a transfer contract) is made between these parties, the latter (other) author or copyright holder may not have a copyright trust in such an institution. Also, if the distribution ratio of the former copyright holder (this person is the copyright trustee) is above a certain level, the latter author and the copyright holder are treated in the same way as the copyright trustee. When the distribution rate is calculated and the distribution amount is finally decided including those people, the former copyright holder and the latter copyright owner can receive the respective distribution amounts. I did it.

That is, claim 6 has a structure for responding to such a request, and in the case where a copyright non-trustor has a contract for distribution of a usage fee with the copyright trustee, If the distribution rate of the copyright trustee is above a certain level with other copyright trustees, the data of the copyrighted nontrustor is treated as the copyright trustee in the data storage means so that the copyrighted nontrustor is treated as the copyright trustee. Stipulates that the calculation means performs the work point calculation process for each work and the distribution amount calculation process of the copyright trustee.

As described above, in an organization that distributes the copyright fees collected by the trust, except for the above cases, it is necessary to distribute the collected copyright fees to the non-trustees who usually have copyrights. There is no. Therefore, if the usage fee for each work used is decided, it is necessary to distribute the copyright fee collected for each work without holding the reserved portion. Therefore, the copyright trustees of each work are distributed proportionally according to their composition ratio (distribution ratio).

That is, claim 7 is a structure corresponding to such a request, and the computing means eliminates the distribution ratio of the copyright untrustor to reconstruct the distribution ratio, and the used work It is stipulated that the usage fee for each work is multiplied by the reconstructed distribution rate by the calculating means to calculate the distribution amount of the copyright trustee. As an actual method of reconstructing the distribution ratio, for example, the distribution ratios for the trustees are summed, and the distribution ratio for each copyrighted work is reconstructed using the distribution ratio for each trustee as the numerator. It can be configured. As a result, the distribution rate excluding non-trusted copyright holders will be reconfigured, and the copyright fees collected for each work will be distributed without making reservations for non-copyrighted holders. Will be.

The respective configurations of claims 8 to 14 are defined by reconsidering the configurations of the methods of claims 1 to 7 as the configuration of the apparatus.

The configuration of the copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating device according to claim 8 corresponds to the method of claim 1 above, and more specifically, the copyright fee collected from the user of the copyrighted work. Amount data storage means for storing the amount data, and a fund calculation means for calculating the total amount of the amount data in a predetermined period and storing it in the amount data storage means, at least the author or copyright holder and the person A work data storage unit for storing work data including a distribution rate between the work and a copyright trust, and the work data,
Point calculation means for totaling distribution ratios of copyright trustees for each work and multiplying a predetermined value to calculate work points for each work, and point storage means for storing work points for each work , Usage data storage means for storing usage data of works used during the period when the copyright fee was collected, and work points for each work of work corresponding to the usage data of works used during the above period Individual point calculation means for calculating individual points, individual point storage means for storing individual points for each work used, total point calculation means for summing individual points to calculate total points, and collection Divide the total amount of the above copyright fee by the total number of points to calculate the unit price of 1 point, and multiply the unit price of 1 point and the individual point to obtain the usage fee for each copyrighted work used. Calculation That the use fee calculating means, the charge for each work piece used, in accordance with the distribution ratio, is characterized by having a dispensing amount calculating means for calculating a distribution amount of the copyright trustee.

The configuration of the calculating device according to claim 9 corresponds to the method according to claim 2, and specifically, the amount of money for storing the amount data of the copyright fee collected from the user of the copyrighted work. A data storage means, a fund calculation means for calculating the total amount of the amount data of those in a predetermined period, and storing it in the amount data storage means, at least the author or the distribution ratio between the copyright holder and the person, A work data storage means for storing work data of a work including the presence or absence of a right trust, and the distribution rate of copyright trustees is summed up for each work from the work work data, and the work is multiplied by a predetermined value. Stores the point calculation means for calculating the work points for each work, the point storage means for storing the work points for each work, and the usage data for the work used during the period when the copyright fee was collected. Data storage means, weight data storage means for storing weight data defined corresponding to weighting elements included in the usage data of the literary work, and weighting of usage from the usage data of the literary work used in the above period Individual point calculation means for extracting an element, multiplying the weight data defined in correspondence with the weighting element with the work point of each work used, and calculating an individual score; Individual score storage means for storing the individual score of each work, total score calculation means for calculating the total score by summing the individual scores, and 1 point by dividing the total amount of the above copyright fees collected by the total score. The one-point unit price calculation means for calculating the unit price, and the fee-for-use calculation means for calculating the fee for each used work by multiplying the one-point unit price by the individual points From the use fee for each crop work, in accordance with the distribution ratio, it is characterized by having a dispensing amount calculating means for calculating a distribution amount of the copyright trustee.

The configuration of the calculating device according to claim 10 corresponds to the method according to claim 3, and more specifically, it is a weighting element for use contained in the use data stored in the use data storage means. It is characterized in that there is an element depending on the number of times of use of the literary work, and correspondingly, the weight data according to the number of times of use is defined in the weight data storage means.

The configuration of the calculating device according to claim 11 corresponds to the method according to claim 4, and more specifically, it is a weighting element for use included in the use data stored in the use data storage means. There is an element for each type of spreading method of a literary work, and correspondingly, the weight data according to the spreading method is defined in the weight data storage means.

The configuration of the calculating device according to claim 12 corresponds to the method according to claim 5, and more specifically, the work data stored in the work data storage means includes the author and It includes information about the history of copyright changes such as the composition of copyright holders, the presence or absence of trust, and the distribution ratio. Based on these history information of changes during the period when the copyright fee was collected, the work by the point calculation means is performed. It is characterized in that work points are calculated for each work and the distribution amount of the copyright trustee is calculated according to the distribution rate by the distribution amount calculating means.

The configuration of the calculating device according to claim 13 corresponds to the method according to claim 6 above. Specifically, even if a copyright non-trustor, the calculation device is the same as the copyright trustee. If there is a transfer agreement, etc., and if the distribution ratio of the copyright trustee is above a certain level with other copyright trustees, the above copyright nontrustor will be the copyright trustee and the above points will be calculated. It is characterized in that the work point calculation processing for each work by the means and the distribution amount calculation processing of the copyright trustee by the distribution amount calculation means are performed.

The configuration of the calculating device according to claim 14 corresponds to the method according to claim 7, and more specifically, in the distribution amount calculation processing of the copyright trustee by the distribution amount calculating means, the copyright is calculated. The distribution rate of copyright trustees is calculated by eliminating the distribution rate of non-trustors and reconstructing the distribution rate, and multiplying the above-mentioned usage fee for each used work by the reconstructed distribution rate. It is characterized by doing.

The constitutions of claims 15 to 21 define a computer-executable program for causing the computer to execute the method constitutions of claims 1 to 7.

That is, as a configuration for solving the above-mentioned problems, a computer program which is executed by the computer and executes the above steps is disclosed. Of course, it goes without saying that these configurations may be provided not only as a computer program but also as a configuration of a recording medium (Claim 22) in which a program having a similar function is recorded, as described later. in this case,
The computer may be a general-purpose computer configuration including the configuration of the central processing unit, or may include a dedicated machine or the like directed to a specific process, and is accompanied by the configuration of the central processing unit. If there is no particular limitation.

When such a program for executing the above steps is read by the computer, the same steps as the steps defined in claims 1 to 7 are executed.

By executing this computer program by using the existing hardware resources, the method of the present invention as a new application can be easily executed by the existing hardware. Further, by recording such a computer program in the above-mentioned recording medium, it becomes possible to easily distribute and sell it as a software product. In addition to the above-mentioned format, the recording medium has a RAM
Needless to say, it may be the configuration of an internal storage device such as a ROM or a ROM, or the configuration of an external storage device such as a hard disk, and if such a program is recorded there, it is included in the recording medium specified in the present invention. Yes.

The processing for executing a part of the steps recited in claims 15 to 21 may be a function incorporated in a computer (a function incorporated in a computer by hardware. It may be a function realized by an operating system or another application program installed in the computer), and the program may include an instruction for calling or linking a function realized by the computer. good.

This is because a part of each step defined in claims 15 to 21 is substituted by a part of a function achieved by an operating system or the like, and a program or a module for realizing the function is realized. Etc. are not recorded directly, but some of the functions of the operating system that achieve those functions,
This is because if they are called or linked, they will have substantially the same configuration.

In addition to being used by itself, the above-mentioned program can be recorded in a recording medium and distributed or sold as described later, or transmitted by communication or the like to be transferred. .

Among them, the constitution of claim 15 is the structure of claim 1.
The specific configuration is a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the step of calculating the total amount of the copyright fees collected from the user of the copyrighted work in a predetermined period by the computing means of the computer, and at least the author The distribution ratio between the copyright holder and the copyright holder, and the distribution ratio of the copyright trust holder for each copyrighted work from the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means of the computer including the presence or absence of the copyright trust. Is calculated by the above calculation means, and the calculation point is calculated by the calculation means over a predetermined numerical value, and a work corresponding to the usage data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee is collected. A step of calculating the individual points by extracting the work points of each work by the above-mentioned calculation means, and a total point by adding the individual points by the above-mentioned calculation means The step of giving out, the step of calculating the one-point unit price by dividing the total amount of the collected copyright fees by the total number of points by the above-mentioned arithmetic means, the one-point unit price and the individual points by the above-mentioned arithmetic means, The step of calculating the usage fee for each used copyrighted work, and the step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by the calculation means in accordance with the above distribution rate from the usage fee for each used copyrighted work And a computer program that causes the computer to execute.

The structure of claim 16 is a structure corresponding to the structure of claim 2, and the specific structure thereof is a copyright fee collected by the computing means of the computer from the user of the copyrighted work in a predetermined period. From the work data stored in the data storage means of the computer, including the step of calculating the total amount of the above, at least the distribution ratio between the author or the copyright holder and the person, and the presence or absence of the copyright trust, For each copyrighted work, a step of summing the distribution rates of copyright trustees by the above calculation means and calculating the work points for each copyrighted work by the calculation means, and the period for which the copyright fee was collected Based on the usage data of the copyrighted work used in, the usage-related weighting element is extracted from the data storage means by the computing means and corresponds to the weighting element. A step of calculating the individual points by the weight data defined, by multiplying by the calculating means to the work point of each work piece used Te,
Similarly, a step of calculating the total score by adding the individual points by the calculating means, a step of calculating the total amount of the copyright fees collected by the calculating means by the total score to calculate a unit price per point, From the step of calculating the usage fee for each used work by multiplying the unit price by the calculation means and the individual score, and the above-mentioned distribution rate from the usage fee for each used work And a step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by means of a computing means.

The structure of the computer program defined in claim 17 is a structure corresponding to the structure of claim 3, wherein the weighting element for use included in the use data includes an element depending on the number of times of use of the work, The data storage means is characterized in that weight data corresponding to the weighting element is defined according to the number of times of use.

The structure of the computer program defined in claim 18 is a structure corresponding to the structure of claim 4, wherein the weighting element for use contained in the use data is an element for each type of the spreading method of the work. It is characterized in that weight data corresponding to the weighting elements are defined in the data storage means according to the difference in the spreading method.

The structure of the computer program defined in claim 19 corresponds to the structure of claim 5, and the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means includes the author and the copyright. It includes copyright change history information such as the composition of persons, the presence or absence of trust, and the distribution rate. Based on these change history information during the period when the copyright fee was collected, the work of the work The feature is that calculation processing of each work point and calculation processing of distribution amount of copyright trustee according to the distribution ratio are performed.

The structure of the computer program defined in claim 20 is a structure corresponding to the structure of claim 6, and even a non-copyrighted trustee can pay a usage fee with the copyrighted trustee. If there is a distribution agreement and the distribution rate of the copyright trustee is above a certain level with other copyright trustees,
Treat the above copyright non-trustee as a copyright trustee,
The data of the person is specified in the data storage means,
The above-mentioned arithmetic means is characterized by causing the work point calculation process for each work and the distribution amount calculation process of the copyright trustee.

The structure of the computer program defined in claim 21 is a structure corresponding to the structure of claim 7, wherein the calculating means eliminates the distribution ratio of the non-copyrighted person to obtain the distribution ratio. It is characterized in that it is reconstructed and the above-mentioned usage fee for each used work is multiplied by the reconstructed distribution rate by the calculating means to calculate the distribution amount of the copyright trustee.

Further, the structure of claim 22 defines a computer-readable recording medium in which the computer program according to any one of claims 14 to 21 is stored, as described above. That is, these computer programs can be stored in a recording medium and can be targeted for transactions or actually executed.

The computer or the computer constituting the apparatus for executing the above-described method or program (recording medium recording the program) may have one configuration (standalone computer or the like), but is not limited thereto. Rather, it is composed of a plurality of computers (a plurality of servers, etc.) that compose the network, and the processing performed by each of the steps and means is distributed among those computers (via an appropriate communication configuration if necessary). It may be set in the program so that the program is executed.

[0051]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a computer 100 which executes an execution program of the method of the present invention from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a flexible disk and executes the program, and another computer 200 necessary for executing the method of the present invention. The system configuration by 400 is shown. As shown in FIG.
A fund calculation computer 200, a work data registration computer 300, and a usage data registration computer 4 which will be described later.
00, together with 00, form part of a system for calculating the distribution of copyright fees collected for music works used.

The configuration of the computer 100 includes a CPU 102 and a RAM 1 which are connected via a system bus 101.
03 and ROM 104, internal storage devices such as hard disk drive 105 and CD-ROM drive 106, input devices such as keyboard 107 and mouse 108, output devices such as display 109 and printer 110, and local area networks. It has a normal configuration including a communication circuit 111 for making a net connection, and exchanges necessary data and commands between them via the system bus 101.

When the execution program of the method of the present invention is read from the recording medium, the hard disk drive 1
It is stored in 05. Then, the program is the CPU 10
2 is executed on the hard disk drive 105
A point storage unit 5, a weight data storage unit 7, and an individual score storage unit 9, which will be described later, are formed on the above. Here, the weight data storage unit 7 can use the input device such as the keyboard 107 or the mouse 108 to input predetermined weight data as will be described later. These data prepared by default are input, and new data can be input or data correction / deletion can be performed by the input device as needed.

Further, the computer 100 is connected to the fund calculation computer 200, the work data registration computer 300 and the usage data registration computer 400 via a communication circuit 111 for making a net connection, and these computers are respectively stored in these computers. The collected amount data of the stored amount data storage unit 1, the registered music work data of the work data storage unit 3, and the usage data of the music work included in the actually created data of the usage data storage unit 6 can be imported. ing.

As will be described later, the fund calculation computer 200 is provided with the structure of the fund calculation unit 2 which is the structure of the present invention, and the total sum of the collection of copyright fees input at any time is specified. A process of calculating every period (for example, every three months) is performed there.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, which is configured by the system as shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, a monetary amount data storage unit 1 for storing monetary amount data of a copyright fee collected from a user of a musical work (copyright) and a total amount of the monetary amount data in a predetermined period. And the work data relating to the music work including at least the authorship of the music work or the distribution ratio between the copyright holder and the person concerned, and the presence or absence of a copyright trust. A work data storage unit 3 for storing the work data, and a point calculation unit 4 for calculating the work points for each music work by summing the distribution ratio of copyright trustees for each music work from the music work data , A point storage unit 5 for storing work points for each music work, and a usage data storage unit 6 for storing usage data of music works used during the period when the copyright fee is collected.
And a weight data storage unit 7 that stores weight data defined corresponding to weighting elements included in the usage data of the musical work, and a weighting element regarding usage is extracted from the usage data of the musical work used in the above period. Then, the weight data defined corresponding to the weighting factors is multiplied by the work points of each music work used to calculate an individual score, and
An individual score storage unit 9 for storing the individual score of each music piece used, a total score calculation unit 10 for calculating the total score by summing up the individual scores, and a total score of the total amount of the above copyright fees collected. 1-point unit price calculation unit 11 that divides by 1 to calculate the 1-point unit price
According to the above distribution rate, from the usage fee calculation unit 12 that calculates the usage fee for each music work used by multiplying the unit price per point and the individual point, and the usage charge for each music work used,
Distribution amount calculator 13 for calculating the distribution amount of copyright trustees
And have.

Of the above, the configurations of the amount data storage unit 1 and the fund calculation unit 2 are configured by the fund calculation computer 200 as described above. In the work data registration computer 300, music work data is registered at any time, and a plurality of work data is stored therein. In the usage data registration computer 400, usage data of a musical work actually used is registered at any time, and a plurality of usage data is stored therein.

Further, the point calculation unit 4, the individual point calculation unit 8, the total point calculation unit 10, the one-point unit price calculation unit 11, the usage fee calculation unit 12, and the distribution amount calculation unit 13 are configured by executing the above program of the CPU 102. To be done.

FIG. 3 shows a data table of data stored in the work data storage unit 3, and in the data items, at least a work code for identifying a work and a work showing the name of the work. Name, right holder code for identifying author or copyright holder, role of right holder in music work [Lyrics group (lyric, complement, translation), song group (composition, arrangement), publisher, etc.] Right holder identification item to indicate,
Right holder name indicating the name of each right holder, right holder classification indicating whether or not each right holder has a copyright trust in a music copyright trust organization, and distribution indicating the ratio of distribution to each right holder Includes rates, etc. In addition, since these data fluctuate during the period such as transfer of copyright, transfer of trust / non-trust, etc., these work data include the composition of authors and copyright holders, existence of trust, distribution rate, etc. All the change history information regarding is included. Therefore, based on these fluctuation history information during the period when the copyright fee is collected, the point calculation unit 4 described later calculates the work points for each music work, and the distribution amount calculation unit 13 distributes the distribution amount of the trustor. Will be calculated.

FIG. 4 shows a data table of data stored in the used data storage section 6, and in this figure, common items of music work data used in broadcasting are shown. Collection items, SVs, blanket symbols, users, dates of use, etc. are registered in the data items. Among these, details such as SV and blanket symbols will be described later. The underlined parts indicate input items.

FIG. 5 shows data items relating to specific music works used in the above-mentioned broadcast program, and includes work codes, work names, usage times, usage counts, special items, and the like. Here again, the underlined portion indicates the input item, and the portion without the underlined portion is the item that is read from the headline or registered work data storage unit 3 and displayed. Further, the special item w indicates that it is used for the theme song of the program. The collected item, SV, blanket symbol, usage time, usage frequency, special item, and the like correspond to weighting elements described below for extracting weight data to be multiplied by the work point.

That is, it is ideal that a copyright fee, which is a consideration for use, should be collected for each original use of a musical work, but it is difficult to count the number of uses, or as will be described later. Depending on the type of usage, if there are a large number of people listening to a musical work for one use, fairness is lacking unless the price for use is different from the usual case. Therefore, as will be described later, in the data stored in the use data storage unit 6, the item of the usage form is provided as an item corresponding to the weighting element, and the item is used in the individual score calculation process described later. Individual score calculation processing is performed according to the form.

In the configuration of the embodiment as described above, as shown in FIG.
From, the copyright fees collected from the user of the music work during the predetermined period are read out, and the total amount of them is calculated (step S101). The total amount is stored again in the amount data storage unit 1 (step S102).

Then, the music work data is read from the work data storage unit 3 (step S103), and the point calculation unit 4 distributes, for each music work, the distribution rate of copyright trustees included in the music work data. Are summed up (step S104) and multiplied by a predetermined numerical value (for example, a numerical value of 100) to calculate a work point for each music work (step S105). All the calculated work points are stored in the point storage unit 5 for each music work (step S106). However, the calculation of the work points is performed every predetermined period as described above. This is the change of author / copyright holder or trustee /
This is because there are changes in the non-trustor, changes in the distribution ratio, etc., and these must be calculated for each period. still,
Details of the method for calculating the work points will be described later.

Next, the copyright use fee collected during the period should be paid to the actually used music work, and the calculation in that case needs to be performed. However, even in that case,
For example, since the weight of usage is necessarily different in the number of times of use and the use of music works by mass media broadcasting etc., the usage data storage unit 6 is used in consideration of the usage form of music works used in a predetermined period. The weighting elements related to the usage are extracted from the usage data of the music work used in the period stored therein (step S107), and the weighting data storage section 7 defines the weighting elements corresponding to the weighting elements. The weight data is read (step S108), and the individual score calculation unit 8 multiplies the above-mentioned work points for each music work used to calculate the individual score (step S109). This calculation method will be described later. Then, the individual score for each used musical work is stored in the individual score storage unit 9 (step S110).

The individual scores of all (used) music works within a predetermined period are read from the individual score storage unit 9 and the total score (total score) is calculated by the total score calculation unit 10. It is calculated (step S111).

As described above, the monetary amount data storage unit 1 stores the total amount of copyright fees collected from users of musical works during a predetermined period, and the total monetary amount and the total points. Is read out and the one-point unit price calculation unit 11 calculates the one-point unit price by dividing the total amount by the total number of points (step S112).

Then, the usage fee calculation unit 12 calculates the usage fee for each music piece (one song) used by multiplying the unit price by one point and the individual points for each music piece used in the above period. (Step S113). At this stage, the usage fee for one song is added up in units of the above-mentioned predetermined period, and the difference from the total amount of copyright fees collected during the predetermined period is calculated as the calculated fractional value, and the next distribution is made. In order to carry over to the period, it is stored in the amount data storage unit 1.

Finally, the distribution amount calculation unit 13 calculates the distribution amount of the copyright trustee from the usage fee for each used music work (one song) according to the distribution ratio (step S114). ).

In this case, except for a special case as described later, it is not necessary to pay the distribution fee of the copyright fee collected by the trust to the non-copyrighted person, and the reserved amount is collected so that the reserved portion is not issued. Since it is necessary to distribute the copyright fee for each work, the distribution rate is reconstructed as follows. That is, when the usage fee for each music piece used is determined by the usage fee calculation unit 12 in the above-described manner, in the configuration of this embodiment, the distribution rates for the trustees are summed up, and the total is calculated as the denominator. As the numerator of the distribution rate of the trustees, the distribution rate for each work will be reconstructed (recalculation is done excluding the distribution rate of copyright nontrustors). As a result, the distribution rate excluding the non-copyright holders will be reconfigured, and the distribution of the collected copyright fees will be calculated without using the reserved portion of the non-copyright holders. (Charge x distribution rate after restructuring).

Regarding music works, the copyright is transferred from a copyright non-trustor, and the music publisher, who is a copyright trustee, and other authors or copyright holders who are not copyright trustees. In some cases, the former may receive the latter distribution amount instead, and finally distribute the respective amounts to the latter author and the like. When such a contract (for example, a transfer contract) is made between these persons, the latter (other) author or copyright holder makes a copyright trust to an institution that performs trust processing of music copyrights. Even if you do not do so, if the distribution rate of the music publisher, which is one of the copyright trustees, is above a certain level, treat the non-trustor authors and copyright holders in the same way as copyright trustees. , The distribution ratio is calculated, and finally the distribution amount including those parts is determined, so that the non-trusted authors and copyright holders can receive the distribution amount from the music publisher. I chose

As described above, there are special circumstances in the work point calculation processing for each music work. The details of the calculation processing in this embodiment will be described below.

First, according to the copyright ratio (distribution ratio) between the non-trustor and the trustee for each music work, the points of the music work when all the copyright holders of the music work are trustees are 10 points.
It is calculated as 0%, and the remainder after subtracting the ratio of non-trustors is calculated as points.

That is, as described above, the copyright transfer history information is registered in the work data storage section 3 with the date (reception date) when the notification of the transfer content is received as a key. Therefore, in order to correctly reflect the copyright transfer information, the history information of a predetermined reference date is extracted from the plurality of copyright transfer history information according to the timing of collection of the royalty fee, and is used for calculation processing. As a master
Similarly, the data is written in a predetermined area of the work data storage unit 3. According to each right holder's identification (lyric, composition, arrangement, complementary lyrics, translation, music publishing, etc.) registered in the calculation master, a lyric group (lyric, complementary language, translation) and song group (composition, arrangement) , The publisher is divided into three categories, and the total distribution ratio for each song group and song group is recorded. here,
According to the recorded distribution ratios, a. When there is no composer (complementary words, arrangements, translations) and the total distribution ratio of the lyrics group is 50% (1/2) or more, Judge that there is no transfer contract between the two. B. When there is no composer, the total distribution ratio of the song group is 5
If it is 0% (1/2) or more, the song group judges that there is no transfer agreement with the music publisher. C. When there is no comprehension / translation in the arrangement, and the total distribution ratio of the lyrics group is 5/12 or more, it is determined that the lyrics group has no transfer agreement with the music publisher. D. When there is no comprehension / translation when there is an arrangement, and the total distribution ratio of the song group is 7/12 or more, the song group determines that there is no transfer agreement with the music publisher. E. When there is no composer / translation and no arrangement, if the total distribution ratio of the lyrics group is 7/12 or more, it is determined that the lyrics group has no transfer agreement with the music publisher. F. If there is no composer / translation and no arrangement, and the total distribution ratio of the song group is 5/12 or more, it is determined that the song group has no transfer contract with the music publisher. Record the above judgment results. Add up the distribution ratios of all right holders recorded in the calculation master. However, a. Whether or not the above-mentioned trustee is a trustee, the work data storage unit 3
Judgment is made based on the “rights holder classification” of each right holder registered in, and the distribution rate of non-trustees is not included in the total. B. Even when the right holder is determined to be a non-trustor, if the non-trustor is determined to have a transfer contract with the music publisher as described above, it will be included in the total (the non-trustor. Of identification and use of the results of the presence or absence of a contract for each song group). The point calculation unit 4 multiplies the distribution rate obtained as described above by a constant (for example, 100), and the value is output to the point storage unit 5.

As an example, music work A (word 4/12, song 4
/ 12, output 4/12, point = 100), music work B (word 6/12, but untrustor, song 6/12, point = 50), music work C (word 6/12) However, if you are a non-trustor, the song is 3/12, and the release is 3/12, the points are
50).

Although a non-trustee who has a transfer agreement with a music publisher is treated as a trustee, the distribution amount by right holder cannot be sent directly. You need to send the money to the music publisher to whom you have a transfer agreement. Therefore, in the distribution amount calculation unit 13, the right holder code of the music publisher of the transfer contract is added to the result data of the distribution amount calculation processing of the non-trustor.

Further, there are the following weighting factors for each musical work, and they are used for the calculation in the individual score calculation as follows.

Weight data is taken out from the weight data storage unit 7 (weighting judgment is performed) in advance according to the weighting element described as the usage data in the usage data storage unit 6 for each piece of used music data, By multiplying the created work point for each music work stored in the point storage unit 5, the individual score for each used music piece is calculated. An example of the type of weighting element in that case and an example of weight data corresponding to the element will be described below. Number of times used… Number of times the copyrighted work was used during the survey period b. SV… Constant according to the size of the facility used, the size of the broadcasting station, etc. c. Time conversion… Music usage time is in units of a predetermined time As a constant d. Special code ... In the case of broadcasting, a constant corresponding to the usage of the copyrighted material Example: In the case of broadcasting (public broadcasting): Normal use = ○, theme music = 1 / ◎ In the case of broadcasting (private broadcasting): Normal use = ○, theme music = 1 / □, etc.

The weight data determined corresponding to the weighting factors as described above is taken out from the weight data storage unit 7 and multiplied by the work point of each music work used during the period to calculate the individual score. An example of weight data corresponding to the weighting element will be described below. Number of times of use ... Use the numbers described in the used music data as they are SV ... Search the SV conversion table by the SV symbol described in the used music data, and convert the value into the used time ... Use a fixed time of the used time of the used music data as a unit , Add a predetermined value every time it increases for a certain period of time Special code ... Search the special code table by the special code described in the song data used, and use the value ... Work point calculated for each music work in advance Such

A product obtained by multiplying all the above elements is used as an individual score for each music work used during the period, and a key (work code, blanket calculation unit, collection item, etc.) for identifying the used music data is added. And outputs it to the individual point storage unit 9.

Generally, in collecting the copyright usage fee of music, if the method of determining the usage fee for each song of a copyrighted work and collecting it is not considered It is possible to apply the method of the present invention in which the right to use fee is calculated without reservation, and then the distribution calculation is performed.

After the calculation processing of the present invention as described above, there are the following examples of the target business (collection unit of the royalty fee) for performing distribution calculation, and the features of each are as follows: Is.

1) Performance (copyright fee for use of music at social events, performances, concerts, etc.). The factors that reflect the usage status of each music work include the number of times of use, value (usage fee), and time.

2) Broadcasting (copyright usage fee for use of music by public broadcasters, general broadcasters, cable broadcasters, and CATV providers). Elements that reflect the usage status of each musical work include the number of times of use, SV, time, and special code.

3) Lending (copying fee for lending CDs, etc. collected from lending record businesses). The number of times of use and time are factors that reflect the usage status of each music piece.

4) Online karaoke (copyright usage fee collected from online karaoke companies for storing online karaoke works on a server and distributing them to terminals). Factors that reflect the usage status of each musical piece include the number of servers stored, the number of terminals, and the number of uses (number of accesses).

5) Private recording / recording compensation (compensation for copying using digitally designated recording / decree-designated equipment / recording media under the private recording / recording compensation system based on the Copyright Act). Value (the usage fee described in the program used for broadcasting, etc.) is an element that reflects the usage status of each music piece.

6) Interactive distribution (copyright usage fee for music distribution via the Internet). The number of times of use (number of requests), value (usage fee), etc. are factors that reflect the usage status of each music work.

7) Other than the above Even in the case of collecting the copyright royalty for the use of music other than the above, if the method does not depend on the method of determining the fee for each music work and collecting it, the music work By setting the usage status for each music piece according to the actual usage of the music piece, the copyright usage fee for each music piece is calculated without reservation by this calculation method, and then the distribution calculation is performed. The method can be applied.

According to the present embodiment described in detail above, the reserved amount for the copyright fee of the collected musical composition used is eliminated and only the trustee (as described above, the music publisher) If there is a transfer agreement, there will be exceptions that will be paid to the non-trustor). In addition, fair distribution is possible according to the usage of music works. In addition, even if the composition of authors / copyright holders, changes in distribution ratio among these persons, and changes in trust / non-trust to music copyright trust institutions occur in the middle, the period in which the music work is used The copyright distribution fee will be accurately paid to the author / copyright holder in (but only in the case of being treated in accordance with a trustee or a trustee).

The method of calculating the copyright royalty distribution amount of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. is there.

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As described above, the first aspect of the present invention is as described above.
~ According to the copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating method, the apparatus, the computer program for executing the method, and the recording medium according to claim 22, the copyright fee of the used work collected within a predetermined period Therefore, it is possible to achieve an excellent effect that the reserved portion is not generated and only the trustee can distribute it.

According to the configurations of claims 2 to 5, claim 9 to claim 12, and claim 15 to claim 18, the collected copyright fees are fair depending on the usage of the copyrighted work. It will also be possible to distribute.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration by computers 100 to 400 necessary for executing a method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a copyright usage fee distribution amount calculation device according to an embodiment of the present invention configured by the above system.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a data table of data stored in a work data storage unit 3.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a data table of data stored in a used data storage unit 6.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing data items related to specific music works used in a broadcast program.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the configuration of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Price data storage 2 fund calculation department 3 work data storage 4-point calculator 5 point storage 6 Used data storage 7 Wait data storage 8 Individual score calculator 9 Individual point storage 10 Total score calculation section 11 1 point unit price calculation part 12 Usage calculation section 13 Distribution amount calculator 100 computers 101 system bus 102 CPU 103 RAM 104 ROM 105 hard disk drive 106 CD-ROM drive 107 keyboard 108 mouse 109 display 110 printer 111 Communication circuit 200 Fund Calculation Computer 300 work data registration computer 400 Usage data registration computer

Claims (22)

[Claims] 1. A step of calculating the total amount of copyright fees collected from a user of a copyrighted work in a predetermined period by a computing means of a computer, and at least the author or the distribution between the copyright holder and the person. rate,
From the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means of the computer including the presence or absence of copyright trust, the distribution ratio of copyright trustees is summed up by the above calculation means for each copyrighted work, and multiplied by a predetermined value. The step of causing the calculation means to calculate the work points of each work, and the work points of each work corresponding to the usage data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee is collected,
The step of calculating the individual score by extracting by the calculating means, the step of similarly calculating the total score by adding the individual points by the calculating means, and the total amount of the copyright fee collected by the calculating means A step of calculating the unit price by dividing by the total number of points, a step of multiplying the unit price by the calculating means by the individual point, and calculating a usage fee for each work used, and the used work A method of calculating a copyright royalty distribution amount, which comprises performing a step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by the calculating means from the usage fee of each work according to the distribution rate. 2. A step of calculating the total amount of copyright fees collected from a user of a copyrighted work in a predetermined period by a computing means of a computer, and at least the author or the distribution between the copyright holder and the person. rate,
From the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means of the computer including the presence or absence of copyright trust, the distribution ratio of copyright trustees is summed up by the above calculation means for each copyrighted work, and multiplied by a predetermined value. Based on the step of causing the calculation means to calculate the work point for each work, and the weighting factor for use from the data storage means, based on the use data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee is collected. Calculating the individual point by multiplying the work point of each used work by the calculating means while extracting the weight data defined by the weighting element. The step of adding the individual scores by means to calculate the total score, and the total amount of the above copyright fees collected, A step of calculating the unit price by dividing by the total score by means, a step of multiplying the unit price by the individual score by the calculating means, and calculating a usage fee for each used work A method of calculating a copyright royalty distribution amount, comprising: performing a step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by the calculating means in accordance with the distribution rate from the usage fee of each work. 3. The weighting element for use included in the use data includes an element depending on the number of times the copyrighted work is used, and the data storage means defines weight data corresponding to the weighting element according to the number of times of use. The copyright usage fee distribution amount calculation method according to claim 2, wherein: 4. The weighting element related to the use included in the use data includes an element for each type of spreading method of the work,
The copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein weight data corresponding to the weighting element is defined in the data storage means depending on the spreading method. 5. The copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means includes copyright change history information such as composition of authors and copyright holders, existence of trust, distribution ratio, and the like. Based on these fluctuation history information during the period when the copyright fee was collected, the calculation means calculates the work points for each work, and calculates the distribution amount of copyright trustees according to the distribution ratio. 5. The copyright usage fee distribution amount calculation method according to claim 1, wherein processing is performed. 6. Even if a copyright non-trustor, if the copyright trustee has a contract to distribute the usage fee, the distribution rate of the copyright trustee is different from that of another copyright trustee. In the case of a certain amount or more, the data of the copyrighted non-trustor is defined in the data storage means so that the copyrighted nontrustor is treated as a copyright trustee, and the copyrighted work is processed by the computing means. 6. The copyright royalty distribution amount calculation method according to claim 1, wherein the work point calculation process and the copyright trustee distribution amount calculation process are performed. 7. The computing means eliminates the distribution rate of copyright untrustees to reconfigure the distribution rate, and the reconfigured distribution rate is added to the usage fee for each used work. 7. The distribution amount of copyright trustees is calculated by multiplying by the calculating means, any one of claims 1 to 6.
Calculation method of the copyright royalty distribution amount described in Section 2. 8. A monetary amount data storage means for storing monetary amount data of the copyright fee collected from the user of the copyrighted work, and a total amount of the monetary amount data for the predetermined period of time is calculated and stored in the monetary amount data storage means. Fund calculation means to store, and at least the share ratio between the author or copyright holder and that person,
A work data storage means for storing work data of a work including the presence / absence of a copyright trust, and a total of distribution ratios of copyright trustees for each work from the work work data, and the product is multiplied by a predetermined value. Point calculation means for calculating the work points for each work, point storage means for storing the work points for each work, and use for storing the usage data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee was collected Data storage means, individual point calculation means for calculating the individual points by extracting the work points for each work of work corresponding to the usage data of the work used in the above period, and for each work of work used individually An individual point storage means for storing the points, a total point calculation means for adding the individual points to calculate the total point, and a total amount of the above-mentioned copyright fees collected is divided by the total point to obtain 1
A one-point unit price calculation means for calculating the point unit price, a usage fee calculation means for calculating the usage fee for each used work by multiplying the one-point unit price and the individual point, and for each used work A copyright usage fee distribution amount calculation device, comprising: a distribution amount calculation means for calculating a distribution amount of a copyright trustee from a usage fee according to the distribution rate. 9. A monetary amount data storage means for storing monetary amount data of the copyright fee collected from the user of the copyrighted work, and a total monetary amount of the monetary amount data for a predetermined period is calculated and stored in the monetary amount data storage means. Fund calculation means to store, and at least the share ratio between the author or copyright holder and that person,
A work data storage means for storing work data of a work including the presence / absence of a copyright trust, and a total of distribution ratios of copyright trustees for each work from the work work data, and the product is multiplied by a predetermined value. Point calculation means for calculating the work points for each work, point storage means for storing the work points for each work, and use for storing the usage data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee was collected From the data storage means, the weight data storage means for storing the weight data defined corresponding to the weighting elements included in the usage data of the work, and the usage data of the work used in the above period,
An individual point calculation means for extracting a weighting element related to use, and multiplying the weight data defined in correspondence with the weighting element with the work point for each work to be used to calculate an individual point; The individual points storage means for storing the individual points for each copyrighted work, the total point number calculating means for calculating the total points by adding the individual points, and the total amount of the above-mentioned copyright fees collected is divided by the total points. 1
A one-point unit price calculation means for calculating the point unit price, a usage fee calculation means for calculating the usage fee for each used work by multiplying the one-point unit price and the individual point, and for each used work A copyright usage fee distribution amount calculation device, comprising: a distribution amount calculation means for calculating a distribution amount of a copyright trustee from a usage fee according to the distribution rate. 10. The weighting element for use included in the use data stored in the use data storage means includes an element depending on the number of times of use of a literary work, and the weight data storage means correspondingly has the number of use times. 10. The copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the weight data according to each of the above is defined. 11. The weighting element related to usage included in the usage data stored in the usage data storage means includes an element for each type of spreading method of the work, and correspondingly, the weight data storage means includes: 11. The copyright usage fee distribution amount calculating device according to claim 9 or 10, wherein weight data according to the spreading method is specified. 12. The copyrighted work data stored in the work data storage means includes copyright change history information such as the composition of the author or the copyright holder, the presence or absence of a trust, and the distribution ratio. Based on the change history information during the period when the copyright fee was collected, the process of calculating the work points for each work by the point calculation means and the copyright trustee according to the distribution rate by the distribution amount calculation means. 12. The calculation process of the distribution amount according to claim 8 to claim 11 is performed.
The copyright royalty distribution amount calculation device described in any one of the above. 13. Even if a copyright non-trustor, if the copyright trustee has a contract for distribution of the usage fee, the distribution rate of the copyright trustee is different from that of other copyright trustees. In the case of a certain amount or more between the above, the copyright nontrustor is regarded as the copyright trustee, and the work point calculation processing for each work by the point calculation means and the copyright trustee of the copyright amount calculation means by the distribution amount calculation means are performed. 13. The copyright usage fee distribution amount calculation device according to claim 8, wherein a distribution amount calculation process is performed. 14. In the distribution amount calculation processing of the copyright trustee by the distribution amount calculation means, the distribution ratio of the copyright non-trustee is eliminated to reconstruct the distribution ratio, and each copyrighted work used. The copyright usage fee distribution amount according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein the usage fee is multiplied by a reconfigured distribution rate to calculate a distribution amount of copyright trustees. Calculator. 15. A step of calculating the total amount of copyright fees collected from a user of a copyrighted work in a predetermined period by a computing means of a computer, and at least the author or the distribution between the copyright holder and the person. rate,
From the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means of the computer including the presence or absence of copyright trust, the distribution ratio of copyright trustees is summed up by the above calculation means for each copyrighted work, and multiplied by a predetermined value. The step of causing the calculation means to calculate the work points of each work, and the work points of each work corresponding to the usage data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee is collected,
The step of calculating the individual score by extracting by the calculating means, the step of similarly calculating the total score by adding the individual points by the calculating means, and the total amount of the copyright fee collected by the calculating means A step of calculating the unit price by dividing by the total number of points, a step of multiplying the unit price by the calculating means by the individual point, and calculating a usage fee for each work used, and the used work A computer program for causing the computer to execute the step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by the calculating means in accordance with the distribution rate from the usage fee for each work. 16. A step of calculating the total amount of copyright fees collected from a user of a copyrighted work in a predetermined period by a computing means of a computer, and at least a distribution between the copyright holder or the copyright holder and the person. rate,
From the copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means of the computer including the presence or absence of copyright trust, the distribution ratio of copyright trustees is summed up by the above calculation means for each copyrighted work, and multiplied by a predetermined value. Based on the step of causing the calculation means to calculate the work point for each work, and the weighting factor for use from the data storage means, based on the use data of the work used during the period when the copyright fee is collected. Calculating the individual point by multiplying the work point of each used work by the calculating means while extracting the weight data defined by the weighting element. The step of adding the individual scores by means to calculate the total score, and the total amount of the above copyright fees collected, A step of calculating the unit price by dividing by the total score by means, a step of multiplying the unit price by the individual score by the calculating means, and calculating a usage fee for each used work A computer program for causing the computer to execute the step of calculating the distribution amount of the copyright trustee by the calculating means in accordance with the distribution rate from the usage fee for each work. 17. The weighting element for use included in the use data includes an element depending on the number of times of use of a work, and the data storing means defines weight data corresponding to the weighting element by the number of times of use. Computer program according to claim 16, characterized in that 18. A weighting element related to use included in the use data includes an element for each type of spread method of a work, and the data storage means has a difference according to the spread method.
18. The computer program according to claim 16 or 17, wherein weight data corresponding to the weighting element is defined. 19. The copyrighted work data stored in the data storage means includes copyright change history information such as the composition of the author or copyright holder, the presence or absence of trust, and the distribution ratio. Based on these fluctuation history information during the period when the copyright fee was collected, the calculation means calculates the work points for each work, and calculates the distribution amount of copyright trustees according to the distribution ratio. The computer program according to any one of claims 15 to 18, which causes processing to be performed. 20. Even if a copyright non-trustor has a contract for distribution of usage fees with the copyright trustee, the distribution rate of the copyright trustee is different from that of other copyright trustees. In the case of a certain amount or more, the data of the copyrighted non-trustor is defined in the data storage means so that the copyrighted nontrustor is treated as a copyright trustee, and the copyrighted work is processed by the computing means. 20. The computer program according to any one of claims 15 to 19, characterized by causing the work point calculation process of 1. and the distribution amount calculation process of the copyright trustee to be performed. 21. The computing means eliminates the distribution rate of copyright untrustees to reconfigure the distribution rate, and the reconstructed distribution rate is added to the usage fee for each used work. 21. The computer program according to any one of claims 15 to 20, characterized in that the calculation means is used to calculate the distribution amount of the copyright trustee. 22. A computer-readable recording medium that stores the computer program according to any one of claims 15 to 21.