Creating a Subscription Service
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Creating a Subscription Service
By using a digital rights management (DRM) system like Windows Media Rights Manager, you can provide content to consumers through a subscription service. Rather than selling individual digital media files, you can charge consumers a fee to access your inventory. At the same time, you can ensure your digital media files are secure.
The following example illustrates one way a subscription model could work:
A distributor operates a music Web site and sets up a subscription model. Consumers pay a monthly fee of $10 for unlimited access to the songs on this Web site. Songs can be streamed or downloaded. For example, after streaming a song, a consumer can download it and play it later while not connected to the Internet. At the end of one month, all licenses expire. Consumers who renew their subscriptions receive new licenses for songs that were downloaded and can continue to access the music on the Web site. Consumers who do not renew their subscriptions are not able to continue playing any files.
A subscription model can be very flexible and you can set it up differently depending on your needs.
See Also
- Choosing the Rights to Allow in Licenses
- Deciding How and When to Issue Licenses
- Determining Your Policies on Reissuing Licenses
- Including Additional Information with Your Digital Media Files
- Increasing the Security of Your Files
- Issuing the Same License for All Digital Media Files
- Providing Digital Media Files for Downloading, Streaming, or Both
- Providing Information to Subscribers
- Reissuing Licenses When Subscriptions Are Renewed
- Setting up the License Acquisition URL
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