Patent ID: 8595139

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a content distribution program that causes a server, which distributes a plurality of contents that are provided for distribution individually and in a package of more than one content, to execute: individually encrypting each of the contents to be distributed; individually generating a license corresponding to each encrypted content; generating an activation license for package distribution of more than one content; generating an inactive license packaged in one file by encrypting the licenses of each of the encrypted contents included in the package distribution using a cryptography key of the activation license; outputting the inactive license for the package distribution along with the encrypted contents and the corresponding individual licenses to a mobile medium recorder; and when receiving a request for the package distribution from a user terminal having the inactive license, the encrypted contents and the corresponding individual licenses, distributing the activation license to the user terminal; wherein the activation license includes the cryptography key for encrypting the licenses of the encrypted contents, and a permission condition of the encrypted contents, and the inactive license includes combined metadata describing an album with contents to be packaged in addition to the cryptography key and the permission condition.