The RightsController
composite can communicate information about who owns what right in a sound recording. It sits, in ERN-3 and MLC versions 1.1 through 1.4 in the SoundRecordingDetailsByTerritory
composite. The RightsController
composite has one subelement to define the territorial scope of the rights that are controlled. This means that there are two territory codes that govern this composite. These two have, however, different meanings:
- The territory code above the
RightsController
composite (i.e. the one onSoundRecordingDetailsByTerritory
level) defines for which country theRightsController
composite should be provided. It is mainly to enable to the communication of different names/spellings of theRightsController
s. This feature is no longer available in ERN-4. - The territory code inside the
RightsController
composite defines for which country the namedRightsController
owns the rights.
Assuming a company "Left Right" (spelled 左右 in Japan) owns 10% in France and 50% in Japan. This information can be provided as follows: