Method and apparatus for establishing usage rights for digital content to be created in the future
First Claim
1. A method for creating a digital work, said digital work having content which is a renderable portion of the digital work and usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content, said digital work being adapted to be used within a system of repositories for enforcing usage rights so that the content can be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights, the method comprising:
- generating, by a programmed computing device, a computer readable label representing the content of a digital work before the content is prepared in digital form;
generating, by a programmed computing device, usage rights specifying a manner of use of the content that is enforceable by a repository before the content is prepared in digital form;
creating at least one instance of a protected electronic association between the label and the usage rights before the content is prepared in digital form;
preparing, by a programmed computing device, the content in a cryptographically protected digital form; and
creating an association between the digital work and the labelto thereby create a digital work which is adapted to be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights associated with the label.
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Abstract
Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.
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1. A method for creating a digital work, said digital work having content which is a renderable portion of the digital work and usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content, said digital work being adapted to be used within a system of repositories for enforcing usage rights so that the content can be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights, the method comprising:
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generating, by a programmed computing device, a computer readable label representing the content of a digital work before the content is prepared in digital form; generating, by a programmed computing device, usage rights specifying a manner of use of the content that is enforceable by a repository before the content is prepared in digital form; creating at least one instance of a protected electronic association between the label and the usage rights before the content is prepared in digital form; preparing, by a programmed computing device, the content in a cryptographically protected digital form; and creating an association between the digital work and the label to thereby create a digital work which is adapted to be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights associated with the label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for creating a digital work, said digital work having content which is a renderable portion of the digital work and usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content, said digital work being adapted to be used within a system of repositories for enforcing usage rights so that the content can be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights, the apparatus comprising:
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means for generating a computer readable label representing the content of a digital work before the content is prepared in digital form; means for generating usage rights specifying a manner of use of the content that is enforceable by a repository before the content is prepared in digital form; means for creating at least one instance of a protected electronic association between the label and the usage rights before the content is prepared in digital form; means for preparing the content in a cryptographically protected digital form; and means for creating an association between the digital work and the label to thereby create a digital work having the content which is adapted to be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights associated with the label. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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