An Internet Box Office (IBO) system and technique vends digital content via a
computer network, such as the Internet. The IBO system comprises a viewing system
that cooperates with a Digital Rights Management system and various deployment
enhancements within the Internet to provide an infrastructure that facilitates
access to digital content in a manner that comports with copyright law and the
control of intellectual property by the copyright owner. The IBO system enables
a content copyright owner to retain control of its intellectual property while
allowing a consumer to have transparent access to the copyright-protected content
via the network. To that end, the IBO system operates to download and stage the
copyrighted digital content on the viewing system of a consumer.