2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the copyrighted work is work selected from the group consisting of a music track, an image, and a video.
1. A search and licensing system comprising: a database storing data regarding copyrighted works; a search engine computer system in communication with the database for searching the database for copyrighted works in response to search criteria input by a user; and a licensing computer system that implements licensing negotiations between the user and a copyright licensor for a selected copyrighted work selected by the user from results of the searching, wherein the licensing computer system is programmed to: receive a license request from the user that comprises one or more licensing parameters from the user for a license to use the selected copyrighted work, wherein the one or more licensing parameters comprise an intended usage for the copyrighted work; in response to the license request from the user, and prior to distribution of the selected copyrighted work to the user with license rights to use the copyrighted work for the intended usage, send an electronic quote request via email to the licensor, the email containing an activation link to a web site at which the licensor can enter a quote for the license to use the copyrighted work in accordance with the intended usage specified by the user in the license request; provide the user with an electronic unconfirmed quote of the licensor when the licensor enters the unconfirmed quote in response to the quote request; notify the licensor of the user's acceptance of the unconfirmed quote when the user accepts the unconfirmed quote; send an electronic confirmed quote to the user when the user accepts the unconfirmed quote; send draft electronic contracts to the user and the licensor when both the licensor and the user accept the confirmed quote; and notify the user that the licensor has declined to license when the licensor does not respond to the quote request within a specified period of time.