Private Intellectual Property Registries for the Audiovisual Sector
Intellectual Property Registries are public institutions that protect the intellectual property rights of authors and their works, performances, or productions. These organizations register all original literary, artistic, or scientific creations expressed through any medium or format, tangible or intangible, whether currently known or invented in the future. Industrial designs, trademarks, patents, and inventions, on the other hand, are protected under industrial property legislation.
As we explained in our article on blockchain and copyright, there are currently three ways to register copyright: State Public Registries, Private Intellectual Property Registries, and Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) or Independent Management Entities (IMEs).
It is important to emphasize that Private Intellectual Property Registries are private companies that act as trusted third parties and certify the existence of a document online using distributed ledger technology (DLT or blockchain). Within this category, we introduce Davcopy: an online copyright registration service for audiovisual creations. It offers a fast, reliable alternative for preventing plagiarism of audiovisual works or productions, as well as a forward-looking solution that simplifies the process of registering works and verifying the identity of their original creator.
What Is Davcopy?
Davcopy is the best alternative for copyright registration, offering a powerful, innovative way to register any type of audiovisual work. It provides a secure, fast way to protect these creations before distributing them or publishing them online.
Davcopy provides digital, decentralized certification that makes registering any audiovisual work simpler and more affordable: scripts, short films, feature films, social media videos, photographs, advertising, archival audiovisual footage, and more. It also offers an easy way to generate NFTs of these works to expand their commercial reach.
Davcopy is an alternative to traditional centralized registration platforms that uses blockchain technology to register files easily and securely while protecting their content. Davcopy generates a digital fingerprint and a timestamp containing encrypted identifying data that automatically links the author to their creation. In the event of a legal dispute, anyone can validate this code and verify that you are the original author. Once the file has been certified, it is important not to make any changes to the original, as doing so would alter its digital fingerprint.
Blockchain records are permanent and backed by the Berne Convention, remaining effective and valid indefinitely, although subject to each country's specific legislation.
Advantages of Davcopy:
- Eliminates potential plagiarism: blockchain certification generates a digital fingerprint linked to your identity, allowing you to prove authorship of the work.
- International validity: certificates issued by Davcopy are valid in the 179 countries that are signatories to the Berne Convention.
- Security throughout the creative process: blockchain technology acts as an automated digital notary, significantly reducing costs so you can also register the synopsis, treatment, and other materials.
- Private, immutable data: blockchain technology keeps your certification data secure and private, with a unique digital fingerprint.
So, How Does Davcopy Work?
- First, sign up. Simply complete the registration form and verify your identity to ensure your registrations are legally valid.
- Next, you can upload any type of file, provided it is smaller than 17 MB. Otherwise, you will need to compress it before uploading. For ownership registration, what matters is the content, not its audiovisual quality, so any reduction in quality caused by compression is not an issue. You can register any audiovisual or photographic content.
- Download your confirmation document containing all the registration details. You can share it wherever and with whomever you wish, allowing others to view the registration and verify that the work belongs to you, along with the exact date provided by the timestamp.
- Finally, remember to save the original file to maintain the validity of the registration. It is essential to present the exact file you registered, without any changes, because the encryption process detects even the smallest modifications and generates a completely different digital fingerprint.
Do you have a video, photograph, script, or video creation that you need to protect? Try Davcopy now and take advantage of discounts for individuals and businesses.