Method for broadcasting a protected multimedia content by access rights to terminals which are mechanically independent of each other and connected to the same access rights server by way of a long-distance information transmission network, in which: - the terminal sends, to the access rights server, an access rights request to receive the access rights authorizing it to access the multimedia content, - in response to the access rights request, the access rights server adds an identifier of the terminal to a broadcasting list, - the access rights server broadcasts, at predetermined intervals, each new access right to the multimedia content broadcast only to the terminals whose identifier appears in the broadcasting list and without waiting for these terminals to have requested this new access right by sending a new access rights request, - in response to the reception of each access right, the terminal accesses the multimedia content broadcast and, in absence of receipt of the access right, the terminal prevents access to the multimedia content broadcast, - at any given time, the terminal switches, independently of the other terminals: • from a ready state in which the terminal is able to send, by means of a point-to-point connection, the access rights request, and to receive the requested access right, • to an occupied state in which the terminal is unable to send, by means of the point-to-point connection, the access rights request or to receive the access right, characterized in that: - in response to a predetermined event, the terminal sends to the access rights server, by means of a point-to-point connection, a status message telling the access rights server that it is in its ready state or alternately does not send this status message if it is in its occupied state, and - in the absence of receiving the expected status message in response to the predetermined event, the access rights server automatically removes (166, 168, 170, 172) the identifier of this terminal from the broadcasting list. - the terminal sends, to the access rights server, an access rights request to receive the access rights authorizing it to access the multimedia content, - in response to the access rights request, the access rights server adds an identifier of the terminal to a broadcasting list, - the access rights server broadcasts, at predetermined intervals, each new access right to the multimedia content broadcast only to the terminals whose identifier appears in the broadcasting list and without waiting for these terminals to have requested this new access right by sending a new access rights request, - in response to the reception of each access right, the terminal accesses the multimedia content broadcast and, in absence of receipt of the access right, the terminal prevents access to the multimedia content broadcast, - at any given time, the terminal switches, independently of the other terminals: • from a ready state in which the terminal is able to send, by means of a point-to-point connection, the access rights request, and to receive the requested access right, • to an occupied state in which the terminal is unable to send, by means of the point-to-point connection, the access rights request or to receive the access right, characterized in that: - in response to a predetermined event, the terminal sends to the access rights server, by means of a point-to-point connection, a status message telling the access rights server that it is in its ready state or alternately does not send this status message if it is in its occupied state, and - in the absence of receiving the expected status message in response to the predetermined event, the access rights server automatically removes (166, 168, 170, 172) the identifier of this terminal from the broadcasting list. • from a ready state in which the terminal is able to send, by means of a point-to-point connection, the access rights request, and to receive the requested access right, • to an occupied state in which the terminal is unable to send, by means of the point-to-point connection, the access rights request or to receive the access right, - in response to a predetermined event, the terminal sends to the access rights server, by means of a point-to-point connection, a status message telling the access rights server that it is in its ready state or alternately does not send this status message if it is in its occupied state, and - in the absence of receiving the expected status message in response to the predetermined event, the access rights server automatically removes (166, 168, 170, 172) the identifier of this terminal from the broadcasting list.