Patent ID: 7281273

Claim:
A method for packaging digital content on a digital storage medium, the method comprising: placing the content on the medium, the content being encrypted according to a content key (CK) to form (CK(content)); placing a license generator on the medium, the license generator for generating for a particular entity a digital license corresponding to the placed content, the generated license from the license generator including the content key (CK) therein encrypted in a form decryptable by the particular entity, the generated license from the license generator also including rules that the particular entity must follow in order to decrypt the encrypted content key (CK) and apply the decrypted content key (CK) to (CK(content)) so as to reveal the content, the license generator having embedded therein a private key for signing the digital license; placing a start-up file on the medium, the start-up file being read and executed when the medium is mounted to a computing device, the executed start-up file executing the license generator; and placing license-generating information on the medium, the license generating information including the content key (CK) and the rules to be included in the license.