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Method and apparatus for establishing usage rights for digital content to be created in the future

  • US 7,725,401 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2005
  • Issued: 05/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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