Rights Committee
BISG's Rights Committee develops, maintains and advocates industry-wide best practices designed to support the standardized electronic transmission of a defined set of rights information between trading partners, now and in the future.
For a list of committee members, please click here.
Committee Co-Chairs
Judith Appelbaum, Sensible Solutions
David Marlin, MetaComet Systems
Emily Williams, Barnes & Noble
bisac_rights@bisg.org
Committee Initiatives
Rights Controlled Vocabulary, version 1.0
Domestic Rights License Payment Pilot
International Rights & Royalty Reporting Pilot
BISG and EDItEUR have been developing standardized computer-to-computer message formats for royalty reporting between licensees and licensors or their agents. Click here to download a model of the possible data content and structure for these messages.
Committee Working Groups
Communication Working Group
Beta Testing Working Group
Communication Working Group
The Communication Working Group is charged with identifying a comprehensive set of rights transactions and a supporting controlled vocabulary.
Beta Testing Working Group
The Beta Testing Working Group is charged with developing rights-related use cases, and creating selected test messages and technical specifications for a pilot program(s).
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