METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING USAGE RIGHTS FOR DIGITAL CONTENT TO BE CREATED IN THE FUTURE

摘要

Usage rights for a digital work are established prior to creation of the corresponding content. The rights can be associated with the content after the content is created. A content creation, such as a video recorder or a still camera, device can store labels of the rights and can associate usage rights with content in real time as the content is created.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for creating a digital work, the method comprising:
before content is created, associating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a usage right with a label representing the content, the usage right corresponding to a permitted utilization of the content; selecting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an instance of the content appropriate for a user environment; and after the content is created, associating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the usage right with the selected instance of the content, thereby creating the digital work.