Patent ID: 8185959

Claim:
A method of digital rights management of captured content, comprising: analyzing captured content to determine whether a portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection specified for content captured independent of distribution of at least one restricted element within the captured content by an owner of the at least one restricted element; in response to determining that no portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection, applying a certification to the captured content certifying a system identifier identifying a particular system that determined no portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection; in response to determining that the portion of the captured content is subject to digital rights management protection, querying a database to select at least one digital rights management rule associated with the portion and comprising at least one location based criteria; controlling output of at least one identifier for each at least one restricted element identified in the captured content subject to the at least one digital rights management rule; displaying a selectable option for a user to certify that the captured content does not comprise a particular restricted element from among the at least one restricted element; in response to the user selecting to certify that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element: submitting a separate certification stating the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element, with the captured content, to a licensing service with a request for an adjustment of the at least one digital rights management rule, wherein the licensing service adjusts the at least one digital rights management rule and monitors whether the usage of the captured content by the user matches the certification statement; and embedding the separate certification in the captured content, wherein the certification defines permitted usage of the captured content by an additional device receiving the captured content; and in response to the user not selecting to certify that the captured content does not comprise the particular restricted element: detecting at least one relevant location associated with the captured content; and applying the at least one digital rights management rule with the at least one location based criteria specified by the at least one relevant location to restrict usage of the captured content.