Patent ID: 8336104

Claim:
A method for generating digital contents in a terminal, the method comprising: receiving, via the terminal, a file creation command to create a file for the digital contents; determining, by the terminal, whether a command to apply copyright to the file is received when the file creation command to create the file is received; displaying, via the terminal, a copyright list if the command to apply copyright is received, the copyright list including copyright clauses; receiving, via the terminal, a copyright selection command selecting a copyright clause to be applied to the file from the copyright list; inserting the selected copyright clause into a file information selection of the file; and generating the file including the selected copyright clause, wherein the generated file is classified by the selected copyright clause, and managed with: contents having an Attribution clause, which has a copyright holder; and contents having at least one of a Noncommercial clause, a No Derivative Works clause and a Share Alike clause; and editing an existing image or an existing moving picture to which a creative commons license (CCL) comprising a copyright clause is applied using the classified information; wherein a header of the file comprises information for determining whether the copyright is applied, a copyright holder name, a copyright type, at least one of a copyright icon and an initial of the copyright clause to be applied, a site address to which the digital contents are uploaded, a CCL offset to display a position at which the CCL icon or the initial of the copyright clause, a copyright holder display file offset field assigned to indicate a position at which a copyright holder display file is displayed, and an encoded key value for digital right management.