The Contribution of Technology to the Identification of Rights, Especially in Sound and Audio-Visual Works: An Overview
Jon Bing · International Journal of Law and Information Technology · 1996
Although there is no doubt that almost all material provided on the WWW is protected by copyright, the enforcement of the copyright owner's rights is a more difficult matter. This article considers the role that copyright management systems might play in providing for the identifiction of copyright material, the tracking of its usage and the levying of any fees required by the copyright owner. A number of existing and proposed systems are described and reference made to ongoing research projects being conducted under the auspices of the EU's ESPRIT programme.