Patent ID: 8443081

Claim:
A system comprising, one or more data stores storing a content identifier associated with an item of digital content and a source identifier associated with a third party source of the item of digital content, wherein the source identifier maps to configuration data; wherein the configuration data specifies embed code and has a variable field into which a content identifier is inserted; a processing unit programmed to: responsive to a request for a web page including the item of digital content embedded therein, generating embed code for the item of digital content using the configuration data associated with the third party source and the content identifier; generate the web page including the embed code, the embed code operative to cause a client application to retrieve the item of digital content from the third party source; and control access to the item of digital content via the web page by modifying the configuration data to block access to the item of digital content via the web page, or flagging the source identifier and the content identifier to prevent generation of the embed code for the item of digital content.