SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING PHYSICAL MEDIA WITH DIGITAL FILES

摘要

A system and method for creating an association between a piece of physical media (e.g. a CD or DVD) and one or more pieces of digital content (which may be downloadable, streamable or obtained via other methods) is disclosed. This system establishes a unique identifier that is associated with the piece of physical media, links that unique identifier to a specific user (that uses a specific device) and then grants access to digital versions of the content stored on that piece of media wherein the access is secured and delivered to the intended device. The unique identifier is permanently associated with the physical media. The ownership of the physical media can be assigned to another user and verified which causes the revocation of the originally granted access rights to the digital content associated with the piece of physical media.