DDEX Data Dictionary, 2020-07-30

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Intro

RightsController

A message term for mc-us-lod:LoDMessage, mc-us-lod:LoDConfirmationMessage.

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.

Component Structure
Is Member of Composites	Composite Name	Description of Element Role	Cardinality	Data Type	Further Reading
	mc-notif:RightShare	A Composite containing details of a RightsController of Rights in a Creation.	1	mc-notif:RightsController

Relationships
Parents	StateParty	A Party that plays a role in a State.
Children	AdministratingRecordCompany	A RecordCompany responsible for administering Rights in a Resource or a Release. This role does not entail any ownership or control of the exploitation of Rights, although the same Party may also be a RightsController, a RightsAdministrator, a LicensingAgent or a RightsHolder.
	MusicPublisher	A Party that enters into contracts and/or assignments with composer(s) in respect of their copyright MusicalWorks and in return for a proportion of the royalties generated from their use, undertakes work on behalf of the composer(s) including but not limited to promoting the usage of the Works, licensing their use, collecting and distributing royalties and developing writing partnerships with other composer(s). This term includes OriginalPublisher and SubPublisher.
	OriginalPublisher	A RightsController who is assigned rights directly by the writer (as opposed to by another publisher). Note that a writer may have zero, one or many OriginalPublishers.
	Publisher	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.
	RightsAdministrator	A Party that is authorised by a RightsController to administer some or all rights in one or more Creations for specific territories, 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). This may or may not include authority for the RightsAdministrator to also be a Licensor. The RightsAdministrator may or may not be the MessageSender or MessageRecipient of a message in a specific information exchange defined by a DDEX standard.

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