Resolving license dependencies for aggregations of legally-protectable content

Abstract

The disclosed technology can be used to develop systems and perform methods in which restriction, use, and/or interaction values can be assigned to license attributes associated with a first license to specify particular restrictions, uses (e.g., distribution), and interactions (e.g., manipulations) pertaining to a first protectable content. These restriction, use, and/or interaction values can be compared with corresponding attribute values associated with a second license and a second protectable content and such comparisons can serve as a basis for determining attributes associated with a third protectable content, where the third protectable content is based on a combination of at least some aspects of the first protectable content and the second protectable content. The first and/or second protectable content can correspond to one or more multimedia presentations, video segments, audio segments, textual representations, works of art, visual representations, technological know-how, business know-how, contract rights, and/or software elements.