rightsholders
Intellectual property owners
Rightsholders are individuals or entities that own legal rights to intellectual property—copyrights, trademarks, patents, or licensing agreements.
The term appears frequently in discussions of media distribution, piracy, and royalty payments: Rightsholders demanded the videos be taken down.
Often spelled as two words: rights holders.
Owners of company stock
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- heirsThose who inherit
- successorsThose who follow after
proprietors · founders · trustees · custodians · administrators · controllers · title · deed
Ongoing payments to creators
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- earningsMoney gained from work
- proceedsRevenue from a transaction
- revenuesIncome from operations
remuneration · distribution · allocation · residuals · advances · commissions · payments · fees
Legal dispute process
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- licensesOfficial permissions to act
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
plaintiffs · defendants · legislation · regulations · arbitration · mediation · precedent · enforcement
shareholders
Owners of company stock
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- heirsThose who inherit
successors · proprietors · founders · trustees · custodians · administrators · controllers · title · deed · estate
royalties
Ongoing payments to creators
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- earningsMoney gained from work
- proceedsRevenue from a transaction
revenues · remuneration · distribution · allocation · residuals · advances · commissions · payments · fees · percentages
litigation
Legal dispute process
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- licensesOfficial permissions to act
- complianceAdhering to requirements
jurisdiction · plaintiffs · defendants · legislation · regulations · arbitration · mediation · precedent · enforcement · injunction
rightsholderspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
licensees · infringers · pirates · users · consumers
rightsholderspublic domain
Unprotected creative works
open access · creative commons · copyleft · commons · open source
right, rights, holder, holders, hold, holds, holding, holdings, held