ALCS, IMPRIMATUR, ALCS, IMPRIMATUR, ByLine and the DOIByLine and the DOI

Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society Society

The Authors’ Licensing and The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society - ALCS Collecting Society - ALCS

Non-profit, author-owned, not a unionNon-profit, author-owned, not a union Distributes monies to British authorsDistributes monies to British authors Monies from photocopying, cable Monies from photocopying, cable

retransmission, private copying and retransmission, private copying and over 40 other sources in UK and abroadover 40 other sources in UK and abroad

Over 120,000 British authors of all kinds Over 120,000 British authors of all kinds on the ALCS databaseon the ALCS database

Over 30,000 authors receive ca Over 30,000 authors receive ca £10m/year£10m/year

IMPRIMATURIMPRIMATUR

Consensus-building among Consensus-building among creatorscreators, , publishers/producerspublishers/producers, , infrastructure companiesinfrastructure companies (telcos/hardware, (telcos/hardware, software/computer/e-cash) and software/computer/e-cash) and usersusers

13 partners & 6 affiliate partners13 partners & 6 affiliate partners

IMPRIMATUR ActivitiesIMPRIMATUR Activities

Consensus forums:Consensus forums:• LondonLondon, 21-22 , 21-22

November 1996: November 1996: legal issueslegal issues

• StockholmStockholm, 12-13 , 12-13 May 1997: May 1997: business modelsbusiness models

• AmsterdamAmsterdam, 30-31 , 30-31 October 1997: October 1997: limitations, rights limitations, rights and exceptionsand exceptions

Software:Software:• DemonstratorDemonstrator• WatermarkingWatermarking• BankingBanking

Common Reference Common Reference Set & Business Model Set & Business Model

Trials:Trials:• Alinari Image BankAlinari Image Bank• ALCS Byline TextALCS Byline Text

ByLine Text TrialByLine Text Trial

• Journalist uploads an article Journalist uploads an article and offers specific rightsand offers specific rights

• ISWC-L (and CAE/IP) issued ISWC-L (and CAE/IP) issued and journalist notifiedand journalist notified

• Rights checked. Decision Rights checked. Decision about inclusion in ByLineabout inclusion in ByLine

• Watermarked/DOI articles Watermarked/DOI articles placed in the databaseplaced in the database

• Registered viewers can search, preview, licence Registered viewers can search, preview, licence and pay for articles on the ByLine website and pay for articles on the ByLine website

• Webspiders track the watermark/DOI Webspiders track the watermark/DOI throughout the Internetthroughout the Internet

ALCS prototype DOIALCS prototype DOI Authors' Rights in a Digital EnvironmentAuthors' Rights in a Digital Environment

by Chris Barlasby Chris Barlas10.054/( ISWC-L )-10.054/( ISWC-L )-

054.000.015.4/142.75.60.81054.000.015.4/142.75.60.8110.10.

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142.75.60.81142.75.60.81

Directory that maintains Directory that maintains the current record for this the current record for this DOIDOI

Registrant prefix (ALCS] Registrant prefix (ALCS]

Information System Work Information System Work Code-Literary numberCode-Literary number

CAE/IP number for Chris CAE/IP number for Chris BarlasBarlas

Information System Work Information System Work CodeCode ( ISWC)( ISWC)

ISWC-TISWC-T

ISWC-LISWC-L

ISWC-SISWC-S

ISWC-VISWC-V

Musical WorksMusical Works

Literary WorksLiterary Works

Scientific WorksScientific Works

Visual WorksVisual Works

Compositeur Auteur Compositeur Auteur EditeurEditeur

( CAE)( CAE)

A Nine Digit NumberA Nine Digit Number

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Developed and maintained by SUISADeveloped and maintained by SUISA

to be replaced by Interested Party (IP) Numberto be replaced by Interested Party (IP) Number

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XXXX.XXXX - Rights XXXX.XXXX - Rights NumberNumber

YYYY.YYYY - Licence YYYY.YYYY - Licence NumberNumber

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Relating to a Licence Relating to a Licence Metadata FileMetadata File

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