On Thursday, 6 September 2012, Stephan February wrote:
> From a programming/implementation point of view, the various business
> rules to decide who gets how much is actually not that difficult to
> implement.
> I would just use a "rules engine" for this. You can declaratively
> build/encode your rules into text files which are updated separately from
> the core codebase. Not the nicest name, but one of the top rules engines,
> which also just so happens to be OpenSource is Drools :
> http://www.jboss.org/drools/
> Here's an example of an actual rule from an actual product I developed :)
> >8>8>8 snip 8<8<8<
> rule "get the screenshot for ENTOURAGE_2008_ACCOUNT
> EDIT_IMAP_SETTINGS_SAVE_PASSWORD"
> when
> $screenIdentity: ScreenIdentity()
> ConfigScreenType(name == "EDIT_ACCOUNT_SETTINGS", guideType.name ==
> "ENTOURAGE_2008_ACCOUNT")
> EmailSetting(account_type == 'IMAP')
> then
> $screenIdentity.name = "EDIT_IMAP_SETTINGS_SAVE_PASSWORD"
> end
> >8>8>8 snip 8<8<8<
> It might look a little hairy, but there are also now GUI tools available
> (never used one myself) which lets you encode these business rules into
> your application after the fact.
> Cheers
> Stephan
> On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Juanita wrote:
> Non-standard accounting methods? Noooo!
> The problem with excel is when you hit 500 different sets of media and
> each has its own distribution contract and terms. With just 5 variable
> terms its already a nightmare.
> On Sep 6, 3:08 pm, Benjamin Scherrey <proteus...@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'proteus...@gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
> My experience in the music industry is that this is typically done manually
> and using, let's say, non-standard accounting methods. :-) But an area with
> a similar problem set is book publishing and B2B telecom deals. The latter
> often have 300+ page contracts with very complicated formula.
> I've built this stuff before and it is pretty expensive. Ah I remember the
> telecom boom fondly! This is an area where techniques such as Constraint
> Based Programming can really cut away at the complexity of the coding and
> push it towards complexity of model (which customers have to deal with in
> defining the agreement anyway).
> -- Ben
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Juanita <juanita.sabapa...@gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'juanita.sabapa...@gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
> How do you track revenue sharing, particularly when you license
> content?
> I have been doing a bit of research into options for setting up and
> tracking media licensing for example. This would be content with a
> fixed licensing expiry period and a specific revenue share.
> e.g. Music licensed to a distributor for 2 years with a minimum
> guarantee up front of $5,000 and a 50-50 split on revenue received by
> distributor over the 2 year contract.
> Has anyone come across any software that does this? I have found
> Maestro for the music industry but their screen shots look
> suspiciously like Microsoft Access and they work with big big
> companies. Just wondering if everyone builds their own tracking tools
> into their products. I imagine complex licensing requirements would
> require quite a substantial tracking tool but maybe its alot simpler
> when you can write code :p
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