Chain of title

The chain of title, also known as chain of rights, is a term from the copyright and describes the complete proof of ownership for example, Music, novel, screenplay, etc. for the acquisition or licensing of the copyright.

Definition

The chain of title is, for example, must have in the movie law, the base, the co-producers, financiers and / or other recyclers (such as global box- and DVD - and / or merchandising distributors ) to be able to ever strive for a film project. All financial based production prospects have a fully disaggregated, have transparent test basis, before they delve into the production of a film. Based on the chain-of -title documents, they may verify whether the project underlying rights to recovery and use were optimally researched and purchased.

Creation

The works in question (novel, screenplay, song), the author and / or copyright holders have to be checked and displayed. It becomes difficult when the work in the meantime revised ( " optioned ") was, or authorship or development contracts located in different people with so-called turnaround clauses ( reversion of rights clauses, which state that the rights revert to the producer, if the proposed project is not completed within a specified period ) have been concluded between several producers. The law must be meticulously developed so far and has been broken, if necessary, this must be communicated piecewise against financial reimbursement of development expenses to the other hand. In film music, the special case is important to note that this is usually used just before the completion of the film, so that the use of individual pieces can be made only from the finished film product depends, after all other use rights have already been clarified.