DNBM #2

The Digital Media Project
Source	Martin Springer
Title	Content distribution via file sharing based on voluntary collective licensing	No.	040413springer01

Name:	Martin Springer
Affiliation/additional information:	Active Contributor, Luebeck, DE
Date submitted:	2004/04/13

#	Criteria	Description
1.	Name of DMBM	Content distribution via file sharing based on voluntary collective licensing
2.	Summary description of DMBM	Music fans who share music files over the internet pay a voluntary license fee to a collecting society. In exchange they are free to download and share music files using the hardware and software platforms they like. Based on the relative popularity of the music, the money collected is divided by the collecting society between artists and rights-holders.
3.	Use records of DMBM	Radio Broadcast: in the first half of the twentieth century, radio stations started to pay fees to collecting societies to pay off the authors of the broadcasted music.
4.	TRUs used	TRU to make personal copy TRU to space shift content TRU to time shift content TRU to choose playback device TRU to choose the service TRU to choose the delivery system TRU to transcode TRU of contractual commerce TRU of economic exploitation TRU of equitable remuneration TRU to share content with members of a group TRU not to apply DRM to a piece of content
5.	DEU used	DEU #1: content distribution via P2P networks
6.	Benefits of DMBM	Music fans can legally access an unlimited selection of music. Artists and other copyright holders are fairly compensated. Independent artists can more easily distribute music and receive payment The distribution of music via P2P networks is more efficient than centralized distribution models.
7.	Requirements	A range of paying mechanisms, e.g. direct subscription via a web interface, bundle license fee with network access (e.g. broadband internet provider, mobile phone provider), bundle license fee with network services (e.g. provided by a University to their students) A monitoring system to ensure the accurate division of the license fees Some antitrust regulation to ensure that the collective society will not abuse its market power
8	References	“Let the music play” - White Paper, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2004