A digital artwork content digital rights management and content distribution network comprising:
- a digital artwork edition database comprising:
- digital artwork content,
- digital artwork edition data representative of digital artwork editions of at least one of the digital artwork content and further digital artwork editions,
- digital artwork edition data attributes comprising edition attributes and edition DRM attributes stored in relation to the digital artwork edition data, the edition attributes including digital artwork edition usage attributes, including at least one of available edition instances and total edition checkouts,
- a digital artwork edition and DRM attribute updating interface, and
- user profiles stored in relation to the digital artwork edition data;
- a display interface subsystem in operable communication with the digital artwork edition database;
- a plurality of digital display devices in operable communication with the display interface subsystem,
- wherein the display interface subsystem comprises:
- a display control interface comprising a selection interface for selecting digital artwork edition from the digital artwork edition database;
- and
- a checking out interface for checking out of digital artwork edition instances for simultaneous display thereof on a plurality of digital display devices and wherein the display interface subsystem comprises a checkout controller configured for controlling simultaneous checking out and checking in of the digital artwork edition instances in accordance with the digital artwork edition DRM attributes;
- and
- a DRM control subsystem configured for:
- monitoring checking out and checking in of the digital artwork edition instances and updating the digital artwork edition usage attributes accordingly;
- requesting reissuing further digital artwork editions with adjusted digital artwork edition data attributes, including adjusted DRM attributes, according to digital artwork edition usage attributes thereof when a total number of checking out equals a maximum checkout limitation or when available edition instances equals zero, wherein the reissuing results in closing a current edition having the digital artwork content and establishing the further artwork edition for the digital artwork content;
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- adjusting a maximum display duration limitation of digital artwork edition data attributes of any checked out digital artwork edition instances thereof of the closed current edition to permit users to select the further artwork edition for the digital artwork content.