ADMIN & EMEDIA LABELS
METADATA DESCRIPTORS
METADATA ATTRIBUTES
V Content Class 09:
Rights and Use Restrictions
> Description of the content class...
drm-Distributed by

V drm_distributed_by
[for cataloging]
V DESCRIPTION...
* DEFINITION...
The supply chain for enabling a media item to reach an end user often has multiple third parties outside of the person or group who owns the copyright. This metadata field identifies the "distributor," who may be a person or an organization.

DISTRIBUTOR...Another party may be hired or allowed to manage the actual distribution of the media item to the customer or end user. In the case of the eMedia service, the distributor is the UEN Digital Media Service, which distributes educational media items through a digital asset management system with web access by end users.
* COMMENTS...
UMAP takes into consideration the following components and analyses to assist the UEN DMS Service in managing and tracking compliance with distribution rights, repurposing rights, and expiration dates....
1. Copyright (creation/publication dates & status, copyright owner),
2. Rights Stakeholders (creators, owners, vendors, licensees, and distributors),
3. Permissions (available rights to the licensees; "What end users can do with a media item?"),
4. Constraints (limitations on available rights to the licensees; "What end users can't do with a media item?"), and
5. Compliance Requirements/Obligations (licensee obligations in order to comply with Permissions and Contraints that are set forth; "What must an end user do to be able to use a media item?" ).
6. End Users (parties expected to consume or use the media items),
7. Citation (a bibliographic-like attribution associated with the origins of a content or media item)

RIGHTS STAKEHOLDERS DISCUSSION...
Other parties in the supply chain which are identified in other metadata fields are...
VENDOR...Arrangements are made by the copyright holder with an entity who will vend or publish an item on their behalf.
LICENSEE...The purchaser or subscriber is known as the licensee and is the entity who actually contracts for the use of a media item on behalf of end users; the licensee must comply with permissions, constraints, and obligations as agreed upon with the vendor and the original copyright owner.
END USER...End users are usually the expected consumers of media items. They may be identified as specific individuals, a business, an organization, a group or collective, a defined project, or a service.
V DATA ENTRY...
* DATA TYPE...
char
* DATA LENGTH...
255
* GUIDELINES...
1. Determine the correct form of the distributor name when possible, whether a person or a group/organization.  The Library of Congress Authoritieshttp://authorities.loc.gov
...or locally-specified bibliographic utilities (OCLC, RLIN, ULAN, etc.) should be consulted when possible.

2. Enter personal names in the non-inverted form:FirstName MiddleName LastName.  This is the complete opposite of the inverted form used to identify the CREATOR/AUTHOR of a media item in the metadata field citation_creator.

3. Enter group or organization names in full, direct form.In the case of a hierarchy, list the parts from the largest to smallest, separated by periods.

4. If a group or organization name includes subordinate units, the name may be shortened by eliminating some of the hierarchical parts not considered necessary for uniquely identifying the body in question.  For example, to enter the CIA as a creator, use the form of the name as given in the Library of Congress Authorities (United States. Central Intelligence Agency) instead of the full hierarchical name (United States. National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency).

5. If there is doubt as to how to enter a name and the form of name cannot be verified in a controlled vocabulary, enter it as it appears and do not invert. For example:  Sitting Bull.

6. Enter multiple distributors by separating each entry by a semi-colon and a space. 

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* FROM UMAP2...
UEN Digital Media Service
Media Solutions
KUED-TV; UEN Digital Media Service