| 摘要 |
An author of digital works (eg music,video,software etc.) 2 registers with an upload server 3 via network 1 (eg the internet) and is assigned a directory. The author then uploads digital works into a file in this directory on the server. The author subsequently instructs the server to prepare the digital work for distribution by supplying metadata (eg license information) for the digital work. The server queues these instructions and watermarks, compresses and encrypts the digital works in turn, possibly into a streaming format file. An executable file comprising a licensing control program and the metadata is also created. The streaming file and the executable file are transferred to a download server 4 which makes the digital work available for download, possibly over the internet. Subsequent use of the downloaded digital work is subject to the metadata included in the executable file, for instance royalties may be paid to the author via the upload server.
|
