DDEX Data Dictionary, 2020-07-30

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Publisher

A supporting term for the messages.

A Party that makes a Resource available. Publishers are also normally responsible for creating or compiling the Resource, and they will commonly be a RightsController in it.

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Parents	Creator	A Maker of a Creation.
	RightsController	A Party that controls rights in one or more Creations in respect of some or all rights for specific territories, time periods, RightsTypes, UsageTypes and CommercialModelTypes (which may be anything up to and including all rights for the world, in perpetuity, for all types of Usage and for all types of CommercialModels). Creations include MusicalWorks, SoundRecordings and other Resources as well as Releases. The RightsController is in many cases is indeed also the Licensor. The RightsController may be a human being or other legal person or corporate entity. The RightsController may or may not also be the RightsAdministrator, the LicensingAgent or the RightsHolder. The RightsController may or may not be the MessageSender or MessageRecipient of a message in a specific information exchange defined by a DDEX Standard.
	User	An Agent, that may be a human being or other legal person or corporate entity, that interacts with a Creation or provides access to a Creation to Consumers.

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