Flexible pricing model for persistent content

An apparatus (10) for copyright protection of content comprising:

• a server (12) including a memory storing a copyright protection scheme and a processor enforcing the copyright protection scheme to protect the one or more files, said copyright protection scheme (250) including:
• providing (251) a purchase option element for each protected content, which includes specifying a set of content usage rules;
• specifying (252) a cost for each protected content associated with a set of content usage rules;
• and
• specifying (253) a subscription group for each protected content in the persistent and non-persistent content usage rules, which subscription group includes one or more subscription services and one or more associated incremental discounts for the protected content based on the one or more associated subscription services.

A computer readable medium (200) having stored therein instructions causing a processor (12) to implement a copyright protection method (250) for content comprising:

• providing (251) a purchase option element for each protected content, which includes specifying a set of content usage rules;
• specifying (252) a cost for each protected content associated with a set of content usage rules;
• and
• specifying (253) a subscription group for each protected content in the persistent and non-persistent copyright protection rules, which subscription group includes one or more subscription services and one or more associated incremental discounts for each protected content based on the one or more associated subscription services.