Patent ID: 8099364

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for enforcing use of a digital work, said digital work having content which is a renderable portion of the digital work and usage rights specifying a manner of use for the content, said digital work being adapted to be used within a system of repository computing devices for enforcing usage rights so that the content can be used only in accordance with the manner of use specified by the usage rights, the method comprising: receiving a request at a license server before an event occurs for a specific digital work, the specific digital work including future content, the content being a recorded representation of the event; creating by the license server, in response to the request and before the event occurs, a consumer license to the specific digital work, the license comprising usage rights specifying a manner of use of the content that is enforceable by a repository, the usage rights being associated with the specific digital work; issuing the consumer license to a client prior to occurrence of the event, whereby the content is renderable by a consumer, in accordance with the usage rights, as or after the event occurs.