The PRD is made up of two identifiers that describe the Authors Rights Office (ARO) and theConsumers Rights Office (CRO) and only these two identifiers together make up a valid licence. This product (this web site) is only valid in the DIPR system if the PRD is valid and none of the content is modified.

The ARO has two parts; the prefix (http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/) that identifies the Rights Office acting for the author and the suffix (ARO-122.htm#ARO1) which identifies this individual author and manifestation of the product. Accessing the URL defined by this identifier will confirm that the whole PDR is valid (or not) and provide more information about the product and the author.

In the same way the CRO has two parts; the prefix (http://www.commonrights.com/RightsOffice/) that identifies the Rights Office acting for the consumer (it need not be and probably would not be the same office as the ARO) and the suffix (CRO-100.htm#CRO1) which identifies this individual consumer and licensed manifestation of the product. Accessing the URL defined by this identifier will confirm that the whole PDR is valid (or not) but will not provide any information about the consumer unless they specifically authorise it.

In this case I have licensed the product to myself which, under the DIPR rules, allows me to make copies of the product and show it to others (to you!). Strictly speaking the DIPR rules do not allow you to make further copies, because you do not own one of the identifiers in the PRD, but if you happen to have a copy on your computer it is not illegal providing you do not modify the product or its PRD.

If you would like your own copy, for your own personal use, you can e-mail me and I will issue a CRO in your name and send you your own copy. This is all done manually at the moment because there is no DIPR system in place but it demonstrates the principle of the system.

What other legal or copy protection applies to this work?

Initially this work was protected by copyright before I gave away some of my rights to it under the 'collective rights' regime. Unidentified manifestations are still protected by copyright.