Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar

1 - 62 . (canceled)

63 . A digital work recorded on a computer-readable media for use within a system having at least one non-centralized repository for enforcing use of digital content in accordance with usage rights associated with the digital content, the digital work comprising one or more computer-readable instructions for causing one or more computer processors to perform the steps of:

electronically recording digital content on a first media portion and the digital content being capable of being rendered by a rendering engine; and

electronically recording usage rights on a second media portion and the usage rights being associated with the digital content, the usage rights specifying a manner of use as to how a non-centralized repository will permit use of the digital content, the usage rights including symbols selected from a set of predetermined symbols which define a valid sequence of symbols that are interpreted by the non-centralized repository to indicate the manner of use for enforcing use of digital content,

wherein the usage rights can also specify one or more conditions which must be satisfied before the manner of use may be exercised,

the conditions include symbols selected from a set of predetermined symbols to define a valid sequence of symbols that are interpreted by the non-centralized repository to indicate the conditions, and

the manner of use can include means for specifying how an authorized party is able to render the digital content, how an authorized party can permit the digital content to be used to create a new digital work, how an authorized party is able to make a back-up copy of the digital content, how an authorized party is able to conceal the digital content on a device on which the digital content is stored, and how an authorized party is able to delete the digital content from a device on which the digital content is stored.

64 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the conditions include a set of default conditions.

65 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the digital content is a software program.

66 . The digital work as recited in claim 65 , wherein the manner of use specifies how an authorized party is able to install the software program.

67 . The digital work as recited in claim 65 , wherein the manner of use specifies how an authorized party is able to uninstall the software program.

68 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the usage rights comprise a revenue identifier for identifying a revenue owner of the digital work.

69 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the symbols are codes.

70 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the symbols are identifiers.

71 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the symbols are parameters.

72 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the first media portion and the second media portion are parts of a same computer readable media.

73 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the first media portion and the second media portion are parts of different computer readable media.

74 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the content comprises a contents file and the usage rights comprise a description tree file.

75 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the content and the usage rights are stored on the same device.

76 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein the content and the usage rights are stored on different devices.

77 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 wherein the content is represented as an object.

78 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein at least one of the content and the usage rights are stored on a removable storage device.

79 . The digital work as recited in claim 63 , wherein at least one of the content and the usage rights are stored on an optical disk.