Managing Rights Management

Intertrust and Samsung DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays the USPTO published new pending patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications concern aspects of digital rights management. Assigned to Intertrust, the first application (one of four Intertrust continuations published today) disclose trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce electronic transactions and rights management. Assigned to Samsung (KR), the second application discloses techniques for DRM content management.

Huawei Technologies and NHN Co DRM Patent Applications

On Thursdays that USPTO publishes new patent applications. Both of today's Spotlight Applications address various aspects of DRM. Assigned to Huawei Technologies (CN), the first application discloses techniques for realizing accurate billing in digital rights management. Assigned to NHN Corporation (KR), the second application discloses ways of presenting advertising using free ring tones and DRM.

Podcast with Jake Shapiro, Public Radio Exchange (PRX)

In addition to technical solutions for directly managing rights associated with digital assets, I also write occasionally about clearinghouses, rights exchanges, royalty collecting societies, and the like.

I spoke recently with Jake Shapiro, Executive Director of the Public Radio Exchange, a nonprofit service for distribution, peer review, and licensing of radio pieces. Jake is also a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and is a member Two Ton Shoe, a band with a large following in the US and South Korea.

We spoke about a broad range of topics relating to public radio and audio programming, independent producers, PRX as market place, their successful efforts to reach young content producers through their "Generation PRX" site and service, and the all important editorial / selection functions performed by publishers, distributors, and exchanges.

The podcast can be accessed here.

A time index to our conversation follows: