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Can't speak for YouTube, but we[0] solved issues like this by making public domain the first class citizen of the system. Once a work enters a public domain in
by doh 6y ago
Can't speak for YouTube, but we[0] solved issues like this by making public domain the first class citizen of the system. Once a work enters a public domain in any of the 195 countries, is no longer possible to register it in our system for that country. This prevents any rightsholder to abuse the system.
It also allows platforms and creators to freely utilize public domain, royalty free and Creative Commons works in their content without worrying about situation like this. We also distinguish explicitly between publishing and sound recording/performance so one can register one without impacting the other.
[0] https://pex.com https://pex.com
- brailsafe 6y agoThis sounds like a sufficiently hard problem to devote a whole business to.
- doh 6y agoIf this is not a sarcasm then that’s what we did. If it is, I honestly believe that this will end up being better that it seems on the surface. We modeled the company on VISA. The idea is to bring three-sided marketplace to allow creators to do what they do best, create, without worrying about the laws and regulations across the world, platforms to bring new opportunities to express to creators and rightsholders to benefit from their content.
- narrationbox 6y agoDo you have any public pricing or startup plans?
- doh 6y agoThe way we make money is we charge % of revenue generated from the licensed content. So starting is free, using the service is free and the only time one would pay us if the platform makes money from any licensed content.
- narrationbox 6y agoSo if I am launching a Spotify/Audible-style music/audiobook streaming platform, how will the pricing work out? Do we pay you instead of the original author for any user uploaded content? If the original author chooses to upload their content onto our platform, do we scan it with your API and explicitly whitelist it and pay them directly? Your company looks very cool btw. What's your email?
- doh 6y agoMy email is r@pex.com The way this works is that you send all content through us via our SDK which generates fingerprints (so content doesn’t exchange hands). If the rightsholder is registered with us (it’s free), then we can take care of everything from payments, ADR (alternate dispute resolution), reporting, ... If the rightsholder uploads their own content to the platform, they are able to pre-license their content in our system (different word for allowlist, but a bit more nuanced as these lists run into GDPR issues). Rightsholders are also free to have direct relationships with platforms while we run the backend. We don’t require any particular licensing to be done through us. Hopefully this makes sense.
- cwkoss 6y agoI might suggest using a different email for public communications. When I read your email, it looks like "rape x dot com", which is quite unfortunate.