Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media. Outgoing DRM policies can be setup to setup restrictions on the content that can be sent from your site. Outgoing DRM policy restrictions are currently only available to sites partners involved with our TownNews Content Exchange Network program. Each Outgoing DRM policy must have at least one Site and Section tag.
To create a new outgoing DRM policy, select +Add within the toolbar. This will populate the Edit DRM policy window.
Name: Give a meaningful name to the policy.
Disabled: Select Disable to prevent the policy from being active.
Rules
The Rules tab is where rules can be set pertaining to how content is syndicated out of your site.
To create a new rule, select +Add within the Edit DRM policy window to populate the Edit DRM rule window. This window is divided up into 2 halves:
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Publish the asset online: This rule allows the recipient of the asset to make the asset visible on their site. An asset without this permission will have the Do Not Publish box checked under Other/Miscellaneous Properties and locked against modification.
Keep asset beyond its archive date: This rule allows the recipient of the asset to retain the asset beyond its archive date. An asset without this permission will have its Delete Date/Time under Other/Miscellaneous Properties set to the same as the Archive Date/Time. Both properties will be locked against modification. If the asset does not have a value for Archive Date/Time at the time of syndication, no restrictions will be applied.
Resyndicate the asset to other sites: This rule allows the recipient of the asset to syndicate it to other sites. This Rule does not need a Condition to be added (on the right side of the Edit DRM Rule window).
Locally duplicate or export the asset: This rule allows the recipient of the asset to duplicate and export the asset. An asset without this permission will disable the Duplicate and Export options in the Search Results of the Asset Workspace.
Add own DRM policies to the asset: This rule allows the recipient to modify the permissions allowed on the asset when resyndicating to its own recipients. An asset will always retain its original policies when resyndicated. An asset without this permission will not have any additional policies added by the current site.
if it matches all these conditions..on the right-hand side.
When adding Rules, constraints need to be applied. Available constraints include:
An Embargo Time Period: This constraint delays application of the associated rule until a set number of hours after the asset's start time have passed. This constraint will only have an effect on the Publish The Asset Online rule. Enter a numerical value in hours in to the field.
The Recipient's Web Site: This constraint allows you to permit only specific domains to use the content, or to deny specific domains from using it.
In the dropdown, choose 'is one of' to add domains you want to permit to use the assets. Choose 'is none of' to deny specific domains from using the assets. Type the domains you wish to permit or deny in the Domain name(s) field.
The Industry The Recipient Does Business In: This constraint allows you to permit only specific industries to use the content, or to deny specific industries from using it. In the dropdown, choose 'is one of' to add industries you want to permit to use the assets. Choose 'is none of' to deny industries from using the assets. Check the industries you wish to permit or deny. The options are Newspaper, Radio, and Broadcast. The recipient must have an industry type configured in Settings / Site for this constraint to work correctly.
The Format The Recipient Will Publish The Asset In: This constraint allows to permit or restrict asset use based on the type of publishing format. In the dropdown, choose 'is one of' to allow formats for which you would like to permit publishing. Choose 'is none of' to deny formats for which you do not want to permit publishing. Check the formats you wish to permit or deny. The options are Online, Print, Broadcast, and Radio.
The Recipient's Business Entity: This constraint allows you to permit only specific businesses to use the content, or to deny specific businesses from using it. In the dropdown, choose 'is one of' to add industries you want to permit to use the assets. Choose 'is none of' to deny industries from using the assets. Select Add to bring up a dropdown list of businesses, and choose the businesses you wish to permit or deny from the list. You can also Edit or Remove existing businesses. This function pulls from a master database of customers, based on businesses to which domains are associated.
Business Groups The Recipient is a Member of: This constraint allows you to permit only specific business groups to use the content, or to deny specific business groups from using it. In the dropdown, choose 'is one of' to add business groups you want to permit to use the assets. Choose 'is none of' to deny business groups from using the assets. Select Add to bring up a dropdown list of business groups, and choose the business groups you wish to permit or deny from the list. You can also Edit or Remove existing business groups. This function pulls from a master database of customers, based on the business groups with which businesses and domains are associated.
The Geographical Area The Recipient Occupies: This constraint allows you to permit only people within a specific area to use the content, or allows people outside of a specific area to use the content. In the dropdown, choose 'is inside the area of' to set a boundary you choose to allow recipients within to use the content. Choose 'is outside the area of' to only permit usage of content outside of a specific area.
There are three Geographical areas available.
State or Province: Select the State or Province (needs to be entered in Site Settings).
Postal Code: Select a Country and enter the Postal Code (needs to be entered in Site Settings).
Distance From a Point: Set the Latitude and Longitude coordinates as the point to base the Distance off of. Both Miles and Kilometers are acceptable.
Site and section tags
Site and section tags may be added within their respective tab by selecting +Add and then completing the selection within the corresponding popup window.