Method and system for digital rights management of documents

A system for sending an electronic document and/or message from a sender to a recipient, and encrypting the document and/or message, the system comprising:

• a sender's email system that selects a document to encrypt and send to the recipient, wherein the sender's email system provides selection of a set of recipient rights for the document, encryption of the selected document and the ability to send the encrypted document from the sender to the recipient;
• a receiver's email system that receives the encrypted document at a terminal of the recipient;
• and
• a viewer that accesses the document according to the set of recipient rights.

A method for sending an electronic document and/or message from a sender to a recipient, and encrypting the document and/or message, the method comprising:

• selecting a document to encrypt and send to the recipient;
• selecting a set of recipient rights for the document, wherein the set of recipient rights includes at least from the following set:
• reading rights indefinitely;
• reading rights up to a preset date;
• printing rights indefinitely;
• printing rights up to a preset date;
• copying rights indefinitely;
• and
• copying rights up to a preset date;
• encrypting the document;
• sending the encrypted document from the sender to the recipient;
• receiving the encrypted document at a terminal of the recipient;
• and
• accessing the document according to the set of recipient rights.