Patent ID: 8073828

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing a right in a media asset, comprising: maintaining a database of statutory information that specifies conditions under which licenses are required to use the media asset in various governments' territorial jurisdictions; receiving a media asset identifier as a result of an interaction with an electronic user interface to identify the media asset on behalf of a prospective licensee of the media asset; identifying a rights holder identifier, based at least in part on the media asset identifier, wherein the rights holder identifier indicates a rights holder, who holds a right in the media asset that is not held by the prospective licensee; determining the right held by the rights holder, based at least in part on the media asset identifier and the rights holder identifier; determining, based on information from the database of statutory information, that an approval to use the media asset according to the right held by the rights holder is required in a particular government's territorial jurisdiction; automatically requesting the approval to use the media asset according to the right held by the rights holder, wherein the request includes an indication of a project for which the media asset is requested to be used, and wherein approval to use the media asset for the indicated project is requested from a party that is different than the rights holder; providing an indication of whether the approval is granted, based on at least one response to the request.