System, method, and apparatus for detecting unlicensed performances of copyrighted creative works

摘要

Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing the detection of displays or performances of copyrighted creative works, determining whether a license exists for those performances, and taking further action depending upon the results of that determination. The systems, methods, and apparatuses may include using a mobile device to capture occurrences of multimedia data as well as information relating to the location of those occurrences, and transmitting representations of those occurrences and information to a server computer. The server computer may identify the copyrighted work associated with the multimedia data, determine if a license for performance of that work exists, determine a price for its performance/display, and generate and then send an invoice for the performance of the copyrighted work.