Method and arrangement for calculation of author royalties

摘要

A method and system for payment of the copyright levy for a copyrighted work in digital form permits and promotes copying and further distribution of the copyrighted work to customers who are encouraged to register and pay the copyright levy by the ability to collect a commission payment from subsequent customers to whom they in turn distribute copies of the copyrighted work. An information block that incorporates an identifier for each registered customer is associated with the copyrighted work and is utilized to determine to whom a commission payment is to be made when a subsequent customer registers and pays the copyright levy.