What Does Rights Clearance Mean?

Rights clearance is a comprehensive and multilayered process of licensing intellectual property to facilitate the use of combined works for a production or event. Rights clearance is a key business process for authors, artists, musicians, Web content owners and film/TV producers.

Techopedia Explains Rights Clearance

Rights clearance requires detailed attention to all protected work elements and involves laws related to patent, copyright, trademark, privacy, defamation and publicity. Copyright law protects intellectual property to varying degrees, depending on the type of work created and the author’s country of residence.