Apparatus and methods for content transfer protection

摘要: Methods and apparatus for ensuring protection of transferred content. In one embodiment, content is while enabling a network operator (e.g., MSO) to control change rights restrictions at any time, irrespective subsequent transfers. This accomplished in implementation by providing premises device configured receive first encryption format encodes using codec, with an ability transcrypt and/or transcode the into encoding compatible which requests therefrom from PowerKey/MPEG-2 DRM/MPEG-4 content). The uses same key encrypt as used requesting decrypt