Patent ID: 8353049

Claim:
One or more computer storage media devices having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to: receive a request to perform an action at the computing device with content; identify one or more root policy addenda associated with a leaf license corresponding to the content, at least one of the one or more root policy addenda being associated with multiple leaf licenses that each correspond to a particular one of multiple different content; if the one or more root policy addenda permit the action, then: use a key associated with the computing device to decrypt a content key included in the leaf license, the leaf license being separate from the one or more root policy addenda, the content key to decrypt the content being excluded from the root policy addenda; use the content key to decrypt the content; and perform the action with the content; and if the one or more root policy addenda do not permit the action then do not perform the action.