This series of webinars on copyright infrastructure, which took place from November 2021 to December 2023, featured a number of speakers from the public and private sector on a range of topics relevant to copyright infrastructure, such as metadata, identifiers, technology solutions and WIPO services.
The webinars were open to representatives of Member States and Observers, as well as the general public, and were held approximately on a bi-weekly basis in the form of one-hour lunch events, including a presentation, followed by a Q&A session. In total, 30 webinars have been organized.
The delivered presentation videos and slides are available on this webpage.
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November 9, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar provided an overview of the UKIPO’s ongoing work on music streaming metadata. This forms part of the UK Government’s work aimed at improving the music streaming ecosystem for creators. This presentation included an overview of the background for this work, industry metadata issues and potential solutions in this space.
October 26, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar presented rights data management in the audiovisual sector, including the International Documentation on Audiovisual works (IDA). IDA index is an international centralized database facilitating the identification of audiovisual works and rights holders. The purpose of IDA is to simplify the identification of audiovisual works on an internationally integrated basis and improve cross-border information exchanges by a local member CMO. IDA is a tool developed by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), and managed by one of the CISAC member French CMOs, Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD).
October 12, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time|This webinar featured a brief introduction to initiatives of two private companies to improve data management with cutting-edge technologies. Verfi Media (USA) presented their data management services, including the Verifi Rights Data Alliance, which streamlines information collaboration for music catalogs throughout the digital value chain. Startbahn (Japan) presented Startrail, the blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity and traceability of artworks by issuing NFTs for both physical and digital works.
September 28, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar featured multi-territorial licensing practices for musical works for digital music services, based on the experience of SACEM, a French Collective Management Organization (CMO) operating in the music field.
September 14, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
The webinar featured the Global Digital Service Data Exchange Project, an initiative of several Asian CMOs operating in the music field. The objective is to develop a solution and workflow that enables easy and efficient data exchange processes with increased speed and frequency by cross referencing the musical work codes and digital service providers’ asset identifiers, so that each CMO may receive full and accurate payment for all their repertoire used on global digital services in foreign countries.
June 22, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar featured the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), a non-profit Collective Management Organization (CMO) designated by the U.S. Copyright Office, and discussed how the MLC is addressing questions related to metadata. The MLC is administering blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services in the United States, and has built a publicly accessible musical works database, as well as a portal that creators and music publishers can use to submit and maintain their musical works data.
June 8, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar focused on identifiers for audiovisual works: the International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN) and the Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR). ISAN is a voluntary numbering system and metadata schema for the identification of any audiovisual works and versions thereof, while EIDR is a universal identifier system for movie and television, whether commercial or non-commercial.|Audiovisual Number (ISAN) and the Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR). ISAN is a voluntary numbering system and metadata schema for the identification of any audiovisual works and versions thereof, while EIDR is a universal identifier system for movie and television, whether commercial or non-commercial.|ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) and EIDR|EIDR – A universal unique identifier for movie and television assets
May 25, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar discussed the registries for orphan and out-of-commerce works, as established by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and how these deal with questions related to metadata, identifiers and standards.|Out-Of-Commerce Works Portal (europa.eu)|Orphan Works Database (europa.eu)
May 11, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar featured a perspective from Quansic, which offers metadata matching services further to requirements from platforms and other industry stakeholders. Quansic has developed artist data matching techniques and curates and enhances the data set of performers and songwriters.||Quansic - ISNI matching services
April 27, 2022 Virtual (English)
13:00 - 14:00 Geneva time
This webinar featured the International Standard Content Code (ISCC). The ISCC is an open and decentralized digital media identifier for multiple generic media-types (text, image, audio, video), designed for blockchain-based registration.||ISCC - Content Codes