KR101537801B1 - Apparatus and method for rights management using an online open market - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a device and a method for selling and managing digital contents in an open market form in which a copyright owner uploads their digital contents to a server and sells digital contents by directly setting and selling prices and prices of works The digital content information having the rights of the registered copyright holder, the copyright contract sample for the licensing contract, the copyright contract concluded, and the contract concluded to be signed by the buyer and the copyright owner A storage module for storing copyright enforcement information including required enforcement term information; and an input window for a copyright item and a sales amount stored in the storage module as a terminal of a copyright holder for uploading the digital content, Copyright settings A matching processing module for combining the copyrighted item and the sales amount inputted by the copyright setting module with digital contents and producing product contents so as to be provided to the open market; A copyright contract module for creating a copyright contract according to the digital content by writing in a copyright contract sample stored in the storage module and concluding a licensing contract between the buyer and the copyright holder; A retrieval module for providing product information including digital content information stored in the storage module and the set product information including set copyright agreement information to the purchaser's terminal; And a control module May consists of including.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for managing copyright using an online open market,

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for registering digital contents (work) using an open market and a copyright management apparatus and method using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system in which a copyright holder uploads digital contents to a server and sells digital contents, And an apparatus and method for selling and managing digital contents in an open market form in a form of direct selection and sale.

Recently, the production and use of digital contents are becoming more and more common due to the rapid development of information and communication technology. Accordingly, the problem of illegal copying of works is seriously arising, and the damage related thereto is gradually increasing. Therefore, there is a growing interest in digital rights management (DRM) systems for protecting the intellectual property rights of copyright holders as content producers.

The DRM system protects digital contents such as music, video, electronic documents, images, etc. transmitted through online or offline and protects the rights of the creators, distributors, publishers, service providers, , Usage rights, etc.).

While efforts have been made to protect digital contents in the past, conventional techniques have focused on preventing unauthorized access to digital contents. For example, access to digital content was allowed only to the user who paid the price, and users who did not pay the price could not access the digital content. However, due to the nature of digital data, digital contents are easy to reuse, process, copy and distribute. Therefore, when a user who accesses digital content by paying a fee for copying or distributing it without permission, the user who has not paid the fee can use digital contents.

To solve this problem, the DRM system encrypts and distributes digital contents, and a license called a rights object (RO) is required to use the encrypted digital contents.

Referring to FIG. 1, the device 10 can obtain a rights object including a right to use the encrypted digital content from the rights object issuing entity 30, and the user has to pay a predetermined price . The rights object includes a key that can decrypt the encrypted digital content.

Then, the right object issuing organization 30 reports the right object issuing history to the content provider 20, and in some cases, the right object issuing entity 30 and the content provider 20 may be the same subject. In addition, the device 10 acquiring the rights object consumes the rights object to use the encrypted digital content.

On the other hand, the encrypted digital contents can be freely copied and distributed to other devices (not shown). However, since the right object includes limitation information such as the number of times or the number of times the encrypted digital content can be used and the permitted number of copying of the right object, unlike the encrypted digital content, the right object is constrained to reuse or copying. This DRM technology can effectively protect digital contents.

However, in the conventional technology, the digital content is uniformly set on the basis of the pre-defined selling prices and terms in the right object issuer 30, and the right object is issued. The copyright is accepted in such a way as to confirm the copyright. Since there is no online open market for the sale of digital contents, the copyright owner entrusts all rights to the rights object issuing organization 30 that sells its digital contents and provides profit, There is a problem that the clauses must be accepted as they are.

In addition, since the rights object currently issued by the rights object issuing organization 30 is limited to the B2C service that provides the work to the individual or the general user, the right holder can not pay the royalty fee to the management company, In order to increase the profits by contract, the copyright owner must directly visit a large company and conclude a contract, or visit a company that specializes in some of them and conclude a license agreement with a large company. It is true that there are many difficulties. This difficulty has been caused by the fact that individuals or small companies with copyrighted works have a disadvantage in terms of profit distribution or sales, as well as a large loss due to unfair contracts.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a system in which a copyright holder uploads digital content to a server and sells digital content, And to provide a device and method for selling and managing in a market form.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a standard that can prevent existing unfair contract practices, and it will disappear even after the commissioning of small-scale proprietors in terms of customers, And to provide a copyright management apparatus and method using an online open market where stability and efficient cost payment can be achieved.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a copyright management apparatus and method which can solve the problem of marketing and publicity which is the biggest difficulty of small copyright owners through open market.

It is another object of the present invention to enable each digital content registrant to configure various copyright items and prices through an open market and to change the copyright items and prices so that the copyright matters are left in the sales DB at the time of sale, And to provide a copyright management apparatus and method using an online open market in which various and varied copyright clauses can be created rather than existing uniform copyright provisions.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a copyright management apparatus using an online open market, comprising: subscriber information including a personal information input by a buyer and a copyright owner at the time of subscription; A storage module for storing copyright information including content information, a copyright contract sample for licensing contract, a copyright contract concluded, and concluding clause information required for concluding a contract, and a copyright holder terminal for uploading digital content A copyright setting module for inputting a copyright item and a price to a digital content registrant by providing an input window for a copyright item and a sales amount, To make the contents of the A copyright processing section, a matching processing module, a copyright item entered in the copyright setting module, and a sales amount in a sample of a copyright contract stored in a storage module to generate a copyright contract according to the digital content, and conclude a licensing contract between the buyer and the copyright holder A search module for providing product information including digital content information stored in a storage module and set copyright agreement provision information to a terminal of a buyer when a search request for digital contents is inputted by a buyer; And a control module for controlling the operation of the modules to control the mutual authentication process between the external device and the external module.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a copyright management apparatus using an online open market, the apparatus comprising: a subscriber information including a personal information input by a buyer and a copyright owner at the time of subscription; A recording module for storing copyright record information including sound source content information, a copyright contract sample for a licensing contract, a copyright contract concluded, and concluding clause information necessary for concluding a contract, A copyright setting module that provides an input window for a stored copyright item and a sales amount and inputs a copyright item and a price to the sound source content registrant by dividing the uploaded sound source content by sound source, by lyrics, by region, and by the artist, The copyright item and the sales amount input from the setting module are recorded as sound source contents A matching processing module for producing product contents including a sample of a sound source, a full music piece, a core sound source, a lyrics only, and a melody to be provided to an open market, A copyright contract module for creating a copyright contract according to the content of the sound source by writing a copyright contract sample stored in the storage module and concluding a licensing contract between the buyer and the copyright holder, When the content is inputted, the background music and sound source information stored in the storage module and the set copyright agreement information are provided to the terminal of the buyer, the buyer searches for the selected sound source content and provides a preview service, A search module that also provides an introduction data of the above configuration And a control module for controlling the mutual authentication process between the external device and the external module.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a copyright management method using an online open market, the method comprising: inputting copyright terms and a sales amount stored in a storage module to a copyright holder terminal for uploading digital contents, The method comprising the steps of: receiving a copyright item and a price to a registrant; combining the copyright item and the sales amount input by the copyright setting module with digital contents to produce product contents so that the product can be provided to the open market; The method comprising the steps of: providing merchandise contents including the produced digital content information and set copyright agreement terms information to a terminal of a buyer when a search request of the merchandise content is input; Provide payment through payment amount And when the settlement is completed, creating a copyright contract according to the digital content by writing the copyright item and the sales amount input by the copyright setting module in the copyright contract sample stored in the storage module, And concluding a licensing agreement.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing copyright using an online open market, the method comprising: (A) when a registered user accesses a copyright management server, (B) if the user is a copyright holder, providing a user terminal with a registration screen for registering the content of the music content; and (c) (C) Upon completion of uploading of the sound source content, an input window for a copyright item and a sales amount stored in advance in the terminal of the copyright holder who uploaded the sound source content is provided, (D) combining the inputted copyright item and the sales amount with the sound source content (E) providing the user terminal with product content including the sound source content created in the open market, if the user is the classification result purchaser, (F) providing a settlement service through a payment amount of a selected commodity content to a user terminal to complete payment when the purchase of the selected commodity content is requested; (G) when the settlement is completed A step of creating a copyright contract based on the content of the sound source by listing the copyright item and the sales amount inputted by the copyright holder in a sample of the copyright contract stored in advance and concluding a licensing contract between the buyer and the copyright holder based on the generated copyright contract .

Preferably, the copyright holder is a content creator having digital contents, and the purchaser is a manufacturer or a manufacturer who wants to use digital contents in other industries.

Preferably, the step (B) is characterized in that a short introductory article introducing the sound source content uploaded by the copyright owner himself or an introductory animation is also uploaded.

Preferably, the merchandise information includes at least one of a sound source file including a sample of a sound source input by the copyright holder, a sample list of the sound source, a full song list, a core sound source listener, a lyrics only listener, and a melody listener, The copyright item, the sales amount information, and the introduction data information of the sound source content inputted by the copyright holder.

The apparatus and method for managing copyright using the online open market according to the present invention as described above have the following effects.

First, the copyright holder selects the selling price and copyright clauses of the digital content and makes it available through the open market. By recording the evidence of the copyright information and the contractors at the time of sale, Simplify and activate.

Secondly, open market can support marketing and promotion of digital works, and it can provide stable work efficiency and cost with more reasonable request price.

Third, the date of purchase, sales amount, usage contents, etc. of the digital contents are determined and recorded in the sales DB, and the license agreement matters are managed through this, and the buyer can confirm the fairness of the copyright, Can be provided.

Fourth, by storing and managing the purchased list, the copyright owner can confirm the real-time copyright status of the copyright holder through the final list in case of copyright consignment through the existing association.

1 is a block diagram showing a DRM concept according to a conventional technique;
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a copyright management apparatus using an online open market according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart for explaining a copyright management method using an online open market according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 6 are flowcharts illustrating a copyright management method using an online open market according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A preferred embodiment of a copyright management apparatus and method using an online open market according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is provided to let you know. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present. In this specification, description is limited to background music (sound source) for simplification and clarity of sharpness as digital contents (works). However, it should be noted that it is possible to apply various digital multimedia contents such as video, electronic document and image by using the same configuration and method.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a copyright management apparatus using an online open market according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the copyright management apparatus 300 includes a storage module 310, a control module 320, a copyright setting module 330, a matching processing module 340, a copyright concatenation module 350, And a search module 360.

The storage module 310 includes a storage medium such as a flash memory, and stores subscriber information including personal information input by a buyer and a copyright owner at the time of subscription, background music and sound sources (hereinafter referred to as " , A copyright contract sample for a licensing contract, a copyright contract concluded, and concluding provision information necessary for concluding a contract. For this purpose, the subscriber information DB 311, the background music information DB 312, and the copyright conformation information DB 313 are distinguished.

The control module 320 controls the operation of each module constituting the copyright management device 300. Accordingly, the control module 320 functions to manage the copyright management, and can control the mutual authentication process with the external device or the external module.

The copyright setting module 330 provides an input window for a copyright item and a sales amount stored in the storage module 310 to the terminal of the copyright holder 200 that uploads the sound source content, By region, and by the singer, various copyright items and prices are input to each of the sound source contents registrants. At this time, the copyright item includes the period of use, coverage, rights, conditions, and the like.

The matching processing module 340 combines the copyright item and the sales amount input from the copyright setting module 330 with the sound source content to listen to a sample of the sound source, listen to the entire music, listen to the core sound source, , And melody listening.

The copyright contracting module 350 generates a copyright contract according to the content of the sound source by listing the copyright item and the sales amount input by the copyright setting module 330 in the copyright contract sample stored in the storage module 310, And licensor agreements between the copyright holders.

The search module 360 searches for the goods contents including the background music and sound source information stored in the storage module 310 and the copyright agreement provision information set by the buyer 100, 100). At this time, the search module 360 searches the selected sound source content to provide a preview service. Alternatively, the search module 360 may provide an introductory service of the sound source content inputted by the copyright holder of the sound source content together with the upload of the sound source content, , Video letters, and so on.

The operation of the copyright management apparatus using the online open market according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals as those in Fig. 2 designate the same members performing the same function.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a copyright management method using an online open market according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a registered user accesses the copyright management server 100 (S10), it is determined whether the connected user is a purchaser or a copyright holder (S20). Of course, it is also possible that the buyer becomes the copyright owner or the copyright owner becomes the buyer, which can be classified according to the icon selected by providing the selected icon to the connected user. However, since the present invention is limited to the B2B model, not the B2C model, the copyright holder is often the sound producer who holds the sound source content, and the buyer is the producer or manufacturer that produces the movie or CF using the sound source content The classification of the buyer and the copyright holder may be generally classified using unique user information (ID, PW).

In the case where the user who is connected is a copyright holder holding the sound source content (S20), after providing the registration screen shown in Fig. 4 for registering the sound source content to the user terminal, The content is uploaded together with the selection of the name of the song, the genre, the lyrics, the mood, the main musical instrument, and the production year (S30). At this time, the copyright owner can upload a short introductory article or an introduction video which introduces the contents of the sound source contents uploaded by the copyright holder, so that it is possible to promote the sound source contents that the user owns or plays. The uploaded sound source content and the publicity information are stored in the storage module 310.

When the uploading of the sound source content is completed, as shown in FIG. 5, the terminal of the copyright holder 200 uploading the sound source content through the copyright setting module 330 can receive the copyright item stored in the storage module 310 and the An input window is provided, and various copyright items and prices are input to each of the sound source contents registrants (S40). At this time, the copyright item includes the number of times of use, the period of use, application of usage, rights, conditions, and the like.

In step S50, the copyrighted item and the sales amount are combined with the sound source content through the matching processing module 340, and the product content is prepared so as to be provided to the open market and stored in the storage module 310 (S50).

On the other hand, if the connected user is a purchaser who intends to purchase sound source content (S20), the open market for music content purchase may include the sound source content information produced by the matching processing module 340 and the product information including the set copyright term information (Step S60). In step S60, the purchaser selects at least one of the merchandise contents desired to be purchased through searching for the offered merchandise content. At this time, the product information includes a sound source file such as a sample of a sound source, a full music list, a core sound source listener, a lyrics only listener, and a melody listener, which are information of the sound source contents inputted by the copyright holder stored in the storage module 310, A copyright item and a sales amount information that are input together when the contents are uploaded, and an introduction material information of the sound source contents inputted by the copyright owner.

If the purchaser requests the purchase of the selected commodity contents, the user terminal 100 provides the settlement service through the payment amount of the selected commodity contents to complete the settlement (S70). At this time, in the settlement processing, a consent form according to the consent clause of the copyright compliance items accompanying the purchase of the sound contents including the copyright item limited by the buyer or the copyright holder shown in Fig. 6 is added to provide a basis for proving the copyright conclusion and the license . In addition, the payment service is a process of connecting to an external payment server such as a credit card company, a bank company, a mobile communication company, an electronic money server, etc. and performing various payment services required for a user. The payment service includes a credit card (electronic payment) Bonus credit card payment, mileage, electronic money, mobile phone payment, and other payment methods through electronic payment. In addition, the settlement service is a known technology, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the settlement is completed, the copyright item and the sales amount entered by the copyright holder are described in the copyright contract sample stored in the storage module 310 through the copyright conclusion module 350 to generate a copyright contract according to the sound source content, And concludes a licensing agreement between the buyer and the copyright holder based on the generated copyright agreement (S80).

When the licensing contract is concluded, the copyright management server 100 performs settlement with the copyright holder based on the settlement amount paid by the purchaser (S90).

Thus, by allowing the copyright owner himself to select the selling price and the copyright terms of his digital content and sell it through the open market, the copyright owner can present the work stability and the efficient cost with a more reasonable request price. In addition, by recording the evidence of the copyright information and the contractors at the time of sale, it is possible to simplify and activate the current offline copyright process, and the buyer can make a fair trade through the copyright agreement stored in the storage module 310 It is possible to establish a basis for certifying the copyright and license.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

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delete The subscriber information including the personal information that the buyer and the copyright holder enter at the time of subscription to the membership, the sound source content information having the rights of the registered copyright holder, the copyright contract sample for the licensing contract, the copyright contract concluded, A storage module for storing copyright concluding information including information,
A terminal of a copyright holder who uploads sound source content is provided with an input window for a copyright item and a sales amount stored in a storage module, and divides the uploaded sound source content by sound source, by lyrics, by region and by an artist, A copyright setting module for inputting a price and allowing a user to upload a short introductory article or an introductory video introducing the sound recording contents uploaded by the copyright owner himself or herself so as to promote the sound recording contents produced or owned by the copyright owner,
The copyright setting module separates the sound source contents input into at least two sound source contents including a sound source sample, a full music sound, a core sound source, a lyrics only sound, and a melody sound, A matching processing module for combining the above sound source contents with the copyright item and the sales amount input from the copyright setting module and producing the product contents so as to be provided to the open market;
A copyright concatenation module for recording a copyright item and a sales amount input by the copyright setting module in a copyright contract sample stored in a storage module to generate a copyright contract according to the sound source content and concluding a licensing contract between the buyer and the copyright holder,
When a search request for sound source content is input by the buyer, the background music and sound source information stored in the storage module and the set copyright agreement provision information are provided to the terminal of the buyer, and the buyer searches for the selected sound source content and separates the sound source content into two or more sound source content So that the uploaded contents can be used for both listening in advance for two or more separate sound source contents separated in a streaming form and downloading for content purchase, and the introduction of the sound source contents input by the copyright holder of the sound source contents A search module providing data,
And a control module for controlling the mutual authentication process between the external device and the external module by controlling the operation of each of the modules constituting the copyright management and managing the copyright management. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the copyright item includes a usage count, a usage period, a use application, a right, and a condition. delete 1. A copyright management method using an online open market through a copyright management device using an online open market comprising a copyright setting module, a matching processing module, a search module, a control module, and a copyright signing module,
(A) classifying whether a connected user is a buyer or a copyright holder using a unique user information input at the time of access when the registered user accesses the copyright management server through the control module;
(B) If the classification result is a copyright holder, a registration screen for registering sound source content is provided to the user terminal through a copyright setting module, and then the sound source content produced by the copyright owner himself or having rights is uploaded, , By lyrics, by category, by category, by artist, by inputting the copyright item and price to the music content registrant, and by uploading a short introductory article or introduction video So as to be able to promote sound source contents produced or possessed by the user,
(C) When the uploading of the sound source content is completed, an input window for the copyright item and the sales amount stored in advance in the terminal of the copyright holder who uploads the sound source content through the copyright setting module is provided and the copyright item and the price are input to the sound source content registrant Step,
(D) The sound source content input from the copyright setting module is divided into at least two sound source contents including a sample listening sound source, a full music listening sound, a core sound source listening, a lyrics only sound, and a melody listening sound through a matching processing module Combining the two or more separated sound source contents with the copyright item and the sales amount input from the copyright setting module to preview the uploaded contents in advance for two or more sound source contents separated in a streaming form, Creating product content so that it can be provided to the open market so as to be usable,
(E) providing at least one of the merchandise contents to the user terminal by providing the merchandise content including the created sound source content to the open market through the search module,
(F) providing a settlement service through a control module to a user terminal via a payment amount of a selected commodity content when a purchase of the selected commodity content is requested,
(G) When the settlement is completed, the copyright item and the sales amount entered by the copyright holder in the copyright contract sample stored in advance through the copyright conclusion module are written to generate a copyright contract based on the sound source content, And concluding a licensing agreement between the buyer and the copyright owner. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the copyright owner is a content creator having digital contents and the purchaser is a producer or a manufacturer who wants to use the digital contents in other industries. delete 6. The method of claim 5,
The product information includes a sound source file including a sample of a sound source content input by the copyright holder, a sound source file including a sample of a sound source, a whole music piece, a core sound source listener, a lyrics only listener, and a melody listener, The sales amount information, and the introduction material information of the sound source contents inputted by the copyright holder.

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