Communicating right share percentages in MWN 1.3

In MWN 1.3, the RightShare composite has several elements where percentages are communicated:

  1. The percentage of the right share itself is communicated in RightSharePercentage;

  1. The percentage of the previous rights share (for cases where the current right share is the follower in title of another right share) is communicated in IsFollowerInTitleOf/RightSharePercentage; and

  1. The percentage of the underlying manuscript share is communicated in IsFollowerInTitleOf/ManuscriptShare/RightSharePercentage.

 

These percentages are always the effective ones, which are the result of a multiplication of the percentage of the previous right share (as specified e.g. in the BaseRightShare element) with the nominal percentage of the right share. So a right share S018 which applies to 50% of the rights of a base rights share S003 for 60% of the full rights will be communicated as having a RightSharePercentage value of 30%, as illustrated in the figure below. Therefore, when right shares are chained, the RightSharePercentage of a right share further down in the chain cannot have a value that is larger than the value of the preceding right share. This is shown in the figure below, which describes how a full right share S010 can be split into two rights shares S003 and S005 (see use case 2 for a specific example) and right share S003 can in turn be split into two rights shares S018 and S019, both applying to 50% of the rights of S003.

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Use case 1: Communicating right shares when there is no split

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When the rights are not split and the original publisher share is based on the full manuscript share, the IsFollowerInTitleOf/BaseRightShare and the IsFollowerInTitleOf/ManuscriptShare are both the manuscript share, and the two RightSharePercentages (2) and (3) in the above list must be the same, describing the original contribution percentage for the writer (which is 100% if there is only one writer, as depicted above):

<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S001</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>OriginalPublisherShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0001
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>

In the case of a right share that is a follower in title fully based on such an original publisher share, e.g. a collection share, the IsFollowerInTitleOf/RightSharePercentage element (2) will contain the percentage controlled by the original publisher (i.e. the RightSharePercentage element (1) of the original publisher share), whereas the IsFollowerInTitleOf/ManuscriptShare/RightSharePercentage (3) will contain the original contribution percentage for the writer as specified in the same element (3) of the original publisher share:

<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S002</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>MusicalWorkCollectionShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0001
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S001</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare> 

Use case 2: Specifying right shares when there is a split at the original publisher level

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When the rights specified in a manuscript share are split into two original publisher shares (S003 and S005 in the figure above), the IsFollowerInTitleOf/BaseRightShare and the IsFollowerInTitleOf/ManuscriptShare are both the manuscript share, and the two RightSharePercentages (2) and (3) must be the same, describing the original contribution percentage for the writer (which is 100% if there is only one writer):

<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S003</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>OriginalPublisherShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0001
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>60</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>
<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S005</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>OriginalPublisherShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0003
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>40</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>

 

In the case of a right share that is a follower in title fully based on these original publisher shares, e.g. two collection shares S004 and S006, the IsFollowerInTitleOf/RightSharePercentage (2) will contain the percentage controlled by the original publisher (i.e. the RightSharePercentage (1) of the original publisher share), whereas the IsFollowerInTitleOf/ManuscriptShare/RightSharePercentage element (3) will contain the original contribution percentage for the writer as specified in the same element (3) of the original publisher share:

<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S004</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>MusicalWorkCollectionShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0001
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>60</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S003</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>60</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>
<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S006</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>MusicalWorkCollectionShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0001
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>40</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S005</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>40</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>

 

Use case 3: Specifying right shares when there is a split at the collection share level

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When the rights specified in an original publisher share are split into two collection shares (S008 and S009 in the figure above), the IsFollowerInTitleOf/RightSharePercentage (2) will contain the percentage controlled by the original publisher (i.e. the RightSharePercentage element (1) of the original publisher share), whereas the IsFollowerInTitleOf/ManuscriptShare/RightSharePercentage element (3) will contain the original contribution percentage for the writer as specified in the same element (3) of the original publisher share:

<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S008</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>MusicalWorkCollectionShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0001
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>60</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S007</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>
<RightShare>
    <RightShareReference>S009</RightShareReference>
    <RightShareType>MusicalWorkCollectionShare</RightShareType>
    ...
    <RightsController>
        <RightsControllerPartyReference>P0003
        </RightsControllerPartyReference>
    </RightsController>
    <RightSharePercentage>40</RightSharePercentage>
    <IsFollowerInTitleOf>
        <BaseRightShare>S007</BaseRightShare>
        <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        <ManuscriptShare>
            <BaseRightShare>S010</BaseRightShare>
            <RightSharePercentage>100</RightSharePercentage>
        </ManuscriptShare>
    </IsFollowerInTitleOf>
</RightShare>

 

More guidance on specifying right share percentages in MWN messages is given in an article about “Specifying different types of right shares”.

A detailed example for percentage specifications is given in an article describing an “MWN Response Providing a Claim”.

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