Managing our rights to other's content (Commerce enabled...)

Earlier, in 'Access Mgt', I wrote about the ability to maintain an oversight of all of your personal data, sharing with others when needed. The flip side of that is when you are the *receiver* of information that someone has shared with you.

I see the management of rights (or licenses, although I think there must be a better name to call it) a key aspect of this sharing. This is where we have lots of information at our fingertips - but perhaps most of it is "on loan" from others who are granting us the right to access it. Think of music, movies, books, conference streams, audio training sessions, presentations, non-disclosure agreements, names/addresses/phone#'s, security clearance, etc. All of this represents content that we can use, but that does not necessarily belong to us. Because everyone's storing their data online, it's easy to share, but tricky to manage. That's where this "grant" management.

We'd have the opportunity to request additional access (think iTunes for music, Netflix for movies, etc.) from other people/organizations. That grant could be for a day, a week, or indefinite. We'd be notified if a grant of content was about to expire and we'd have a chance to request an extension, likely with a payment of money, or some kind of reciprocating grant (you give me music, I give you my spending habits) involved.