Abstract: A copyright distribution system includes a work registration function unit in which a copyright holder registers a work; a rights evaluation unit that evaluates rights in and to the registered work; a database for storing information about the copyright to the registered work; a copyright license setting unit for setting licenses (partial rights) of the copyright and/or rights relating to the registered work based on the copyright to the registered work; a settlement function unit that settles the royalties due on the use rights and pays the copyright holder; and a monetization function unit that simplifies the rights of copyright itself and clarifies what rights the copyright holder transfers and which use rights are to be set, and values the copyright using a monetization method.

Abstract: A web-based collaborative product development system for facilitating collaborative development of a product by multiple user entities. The collaborative product development system includes a collaborative product development site and user entity terminals. The collaborative product development site includes an invitation component that allows an originating user entity or entities to invite other user entities to create a product based on consumer preferences, a reception/verification component that enables the originating user entity or entities to accept bids from other user entities in response to the invitation and select a winner or winners as collaborators, and a collaboration component employed by the user entities to jointly develop the product. The user entity terminals provide access to the collaborative product development system via an internet or intranet connection.