Sprint Nextel i856 manual Digital Rights Management DRM, Managing Items, Renewing DRM Licenses

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

When you download multimedia content available online, such as Java applications, these items may be subject to DRM restrictions. DRM, or digital rights management, is a system that defines how copyrighted multimedia content can be distributed and used.

DRM limits items to time-based or count-based usage settings. Time-based settings let you use the given item for a specified interval. Count-based settings let you use an item for a specified number of times after you download it or for unlimited use.

Managing Items

Depending on how the third-party vendor has set rights for the given DRM item, you may be unable to perform some of the following tasks.

ViewingLicenseInformation

You can check a DRM item’s license to view the following information:

For time-based items, either the date and time the item expires, or the number of days left.

For count-based items, the number of credits (uses) left or an unlimited use notice.

The name of the item’s vendor.

ToviewthelicenseofaDRMitem:

1.Go to the location that contains the item.

2.Highlight the item and press / > LicenseInfo.

Renewing DRM Licenses

Note Java application data is stored in your phone using the same memory space used to store messages, voice records, pictures, ring tones, and wallpaper images. Deleting some of these other items frees memory for Java applications.

1.Go to the location on your phone that contains the item.

2.Highlight a DRM item and press Renew (left softkey) or press / > Renew.

3.Select the link to the page where you purchased the item and then follow the vendor’s instructions for purchasing an additional license.

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