Method and apparatus for establishing usage rights for digital content to be created in the future
CA 2596449 C · Owner: Lao, Guillermo · Inventors: Lao, Guillermo; Raley, Michael; Nahidipour, Aram
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Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation such as a video recorder or a still , camera device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.
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- Filed January 9, 2006 and granted November 18, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 9, 2026.
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