Who are the Primary Users of ISAN?
An ISAN enables commerce for several industries, including feature films, digital cinema, program guide services, Internet content and gaming. This means there are two major users; commercial companies and end consumers. The initial major users include producer or publishers for library management, optical media identification and digital cinema distribution projects. Other users include digital broadcast, cable, and many other value chain participants, including: • Those interested in the licensing of audiovisual works and in the management of permissions and payments for use of these works such as the stakeholders/rights-holders including (but not limited to) producers, writers, directors, actors, developers, composers; • Parties involved in the administration of rights for audiovisual works, such as collecting societies to assist in the allocation of royalties; • Those releasing or exhibiting different versions of works to an audience, such as television broadcasters; distributors a
