Consumer distribution license system and method
AssigneeContentGuard Holdings, Inc.
InventorsMark J. Stefik, Peter L. T. Pirolli
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Abstract
A method for facilitating distribution of a digital work within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights. The digital work has one or more rights associated therewith. A copy right or other right is associated with a digital work. The copy right specifies a fee to be paid as a condition for the repository permitting a specified use of the digital work to be made. The digital work can be provided to a distributor for distribution to at least one other party. The fee is reported as a transaction in response to a distribution of said digital work.
Claims140
A method for facilitating distribution of a digital work within a distributed system having at least one distributed repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights, said digital work having one or more rights associated therewith, said method comprising:
- associating a copy right with a digital work, said copy right specifying a copy fee to be paid as a condition for said distributed repository permitting a copy of said digital work to be made while said distributed repository is operating in a server mode of operation;
- providing the digital work to a distributor for distribution to at least one other party;
- and
- reporting said copy fee as a transaction in response to a distribution of said digital work,
- wherein said distributed repository has a requester mode of operation for requesting access to a digital work from another distributed repository, and
- wherein said distributed repository is operative to receive a request for permission for said copying of said digital work to be made as manner of use of said digital work and permits said digital work to be copied only if copying as specified as the manner of use in the request corresponds to copying as specified in said copy right.
A system for facilitating distribution of a digital work, and including at least one distributed repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights, said digital work having one or more rights associated therewith, said system comprising:
- means for associating a copy right with a digital work, said copy right specifying a copy fee to be paid as a condition for said distributed repository permitting a copy of said digital work to be made while said distributed repository is operating in a server mode of operation;
- means for providing the digital work to a distributor for distribution to at least one other party;
- and
- means for reporting said copy fee as a transaction in response to a distribution of said digital work,
- wherein said distributed repository has a requester mode of operation for requesting access to a digital work from another distributed repository, and
- wherein said distributed repository is operative to receive a request for permission for said copying of said digital work to be made as manner of use of said digital work and permits said digital work to be copied only if copying as specified as the manner of use in the request corresponds to copying as specified in said copy right.
The system 47, further comprising:
- means for specifying in said distribution license that said distribution is to be reported as transaction in response to any party making a distribution of a copy of said digital work.
A computer readable medium including one or more computer readable instructions embedded therein for facilitating distribution of a digital work within a distributed system having at least one distributed repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights, said digital work having one or more rights associated therewith, said computer readable instructions configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform the steps of:
- associating a copy right with a digital work, said copy right specifying a copy fee to be paid as a condition for said distributed repository permitting a copy of said digital work to be made while said distributed repository is operating in a server mode of operation;
- providing the digital work to a distributor for distribution to at least one other party;
- and
- reporting said copy fee as a transaction in response to a distribution of said digital work,
- wherein said distributed repository has a requester mode of operation for requesting access to a digital work from another distributed repository, and
- wherein said distributed repository is operative to receive a request for permission for said copying of said digital work to be made as manner of use of said digital work and permits said digital work to be copied only if copying as specified as the manner of use in the request corresponds to copying as specified in said copy right.
A device configured as a distributed repository for facilitating distribution of a digital work and configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights, said digital work having one or more rights associated therewith, said device comprising:
- means for permitting a copy of a digital work to be made while said distributed repository is operating in a server mode of operation based on a copy right associated with said digital work, said copy right specifying a copy fee to be paid as a condition for said distributed repository to permit the copy of said digital work to be made;
- means for providing the digital work to a distributor for distribution to at least one other party;
- and
- means for reporting said copy fee as a transaction in response to a distribution of said digital work,
- wherein said distributed repository has a requester mode of operation for requesting access to a digital work from another distributed repository, and
- wherein said distributed repository is operative to receive a request for permission for said copying of said digital work to be made as manner of use of said digital work and permits said digital work to be copied only if copying as specified as the manner of use in the request corresponds to copying as specified in said copy right.
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