If you're using the TownNews.com Content Exchange, or are considering using it, you may have questions about how to protect your content. These are answers to questions we've received from customers in terms of digital rights management.
What is the BLOX Digital Content Exchange?
The BLOX Digital Content Exchange Network (TNCEN) is a program that allows TownNews customers to share articles, images, videos and collections with our network of media sites to earn new ad income via our revenue sharing plan, and attract new users by augmenting your site with professional content you pull from the exchange.
NOTE:Â Photos that come thru the Content Exchange Network cannot be re-sold. Therefore, the Fotomoto "Buy Now" support is removed.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media. The purpose of DRM is to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and restrict the ways consumers can copy/use content they've purchased/received.
While using the CEN, you may want to utilize DRM policies to ensure your content is protected and used as desired. Any content that has DRM restrictions will be denoted with a Key icon in the status column on the search results page. If you want to see the specific restrictions, go to the Other tab, in the accordion menu go to Restrictions.Â
To learn more about Outgoing and Incoming DRM policies settings, view the following:
How do I prevent all my content from appearing on a local competitor's site?Â
Create outgoing DRM policy with following rules:
The recipient of the asset may...
"Publish the asset online"
If it matches all these conditions...
"Create DRM constraint: The recipient's web site"
Recipient's site: is none of
enter local competitor's domain(s)
How do I prevent all my content from appearing on any site within a competitor business group?Â
Create outgoing DRM policy with following rules:
The recipient of the asset may... "Publish the asset online"
If it matches all these conditions... "Create DRM constraint: Business groups the recipient is a member of" Recipient's site: is none of choose a recipient group
How do I embargo my content from being syndicated for a predetermined amount of time?
create outgoing DRM policy with following rules:
The recipient of the asset may... "Publish the asset online"
If it matches all these conditions... "An embargo time period" At least X hours have passed since the asset's original start
How do I prevent my content from appearing on any site within my state?
Create outgoing DRM policy with following rules:
The recipient of the asset may... "Publish the asset online"
If it matches all these conditions... "The geographical area the recipient occupies" Recipient: is outside the area of A state or province: your state
How do I prevent my content from appearing on any site outside my area?
Create outgoing DRM policy with following rules:
The recipient of the asset may... "Publish the asset online"
If it matches all these conditions... "The geographical area the recipient occupies" Recipient: is outside the area of A state or province: your state
Or set the Latitude and Longitude Coordinates and the Distance (from your site).Â
How do I prevent newspapers from using my content in print?Â
Create outgoing DRM policy with following rules:
The recipient of the asset may... "Publish the asset online"
If it matches all these conditions... "The format the recipient will publish the asset in" Output format: is none of Media: Print
Incoming DRM Policy FAQ's
How do I reject incoming content from a specific web site, specific business or business group?
Create incoming policy, choosing to reject incoming DRM content identified as one of the following:
