Apparatus, method, and system for digital content and access protection

A system for transferring a video signal to a user, comprising:

• a first machine comprising a first memory, a first processor and first communication means, said first processor being adapted for sampling said video signal at a user specific sampling rate in order to obtain temporally organized sample amplitudes and to remove a time interrelation between said temporally organized sample amplitudes in order to obtain sample amplitudes having no time interrelation;
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• a second machine comprising a second memory for storing a user-specific sampling interval, a second processor and second communication means and being in communication with said first machine, said second processor being adapted for reconstructing said video signal by inserting said user-specific sampling interval between successive ones of said sample amplitudes having no time interrelation, said user-specific sampling interval corresponding to said user-specific sampling rate.

A method for downloading a video signal, comprising:

• receiving a non-identical copy of said video signal, said non-identical copy comprising sample amplitudes having no time interrelation resulting from a sampling of said video signal using a user specific sampling rate, thereby obtaining the sample amplitudes, and from a removal of the time interrelation between said sample amplitudes;
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• reconstructing said video signal by inserting a user-specific sampling interval between successive ones of said sample amplitudes, said user-specific sampling interval corresponding to said user-specific sampling rate.