Abstract: Process for enabling a content provider and its users to easily manage licenses for intended uses for selected or provided content.

Abstract: Matching digital media available in a multi-node system. An example embodiment receives media from media providers. Metadata may also be included with digital media files or stored separately in a database. An example matching system generates, or receives a list of candidate nodes, such as network domains, to search for potential copies of digital media. The list may be defined and/or prioritized based on countries of interest, business sectors of interest, or other business rules. An example system crawls the domains to identify media files that appear on websites that are potential matches of the media files provided by the media providers. The system may download the media files, and evaluate them relative to the provided media files. The system identifies matches and identifies owners or operators of domains that had matching media files. The system generates case records for subsequent licensing or other action regarding the matched media files.

Abstract: Process for enabling a content provider and its users to easily manage licenses for intended uses for selected or provided content.