Patent ID: 8656506

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a server, a request for a nameplate associated with unencrypted digital content on a device, the unencrypted digital content comprising digital content that can be played back regardless of whether the nameplate is present for the digital content, the digital content that can be played back being configured to be played back with an indication that an origin of the digital content is unknown when the nameplate is not present for the digital content; generating, by the server, the nameplate associated with the unencrypted digital content; generating an identifier of the unencrypted digital content by applying a hash function to the unencrypted digital content, the nameplate including the identifier of the unencrypted digital content and an identifier of an authorized user of the unencrypted digital content, wherein the identifier of the authorized user comprises an identifier of a domain that includes a device of the authorized user; in an event that a nameplate presence indicator is not present for the unencrypted digital content, adding the nameplate presence indicator to the unencrypted digital content to indicate that the nameplate should be associated with the unencrypted digital content; digitally signing the nameplate; sending, by the server, the nameplate to the device of the authorized user for rights enforcement of the unencrypted digital content on the device.